cooey
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cooeys
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I made him cooey to them, they answered the call, and in a short time appeared on the opposite bank.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Thomas Mitchell
Harry gave another loud cooey; again a distant answer was heard.
From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by William Henry Giles Kingston
“Oh, I say, let’s stop and go in amongst the trees, and shout or cooey till we make them hear, and they will come and join us.”
From Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites by Stanley L. Wood
About 11 o'clock a long, loud cooey from the hill of tombs announced that the natives had already overtaken us; but we were under arms immediately and prepared for defence.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
I shouted as loud as I could bawl, and then gave a cooey, which would reach further than any other sound.
From Adventures in Australia by William Henry Giles Kingston
After we had proceeded some miles the cooeys of the natives were heard around us, and we once more expected an attack.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
The rest of the tribe were concealed about, as we heard their cooeys, but no others ventured to appear.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
Early this morning the cooeys of three natives were heard.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
There, by their cooeys and their looks, they seemed to be very anxious about somebody in the bush beyond the Bogan.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
Although Mr. Brown made the woods echo with his cooeys their inhabitants remained silent and concealed, a circumstance which seemed to distress him very much.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
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