cooey
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cooeys
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Wilfrid went to the door and gave a loud cooey.
From Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Some gentlemen, on a visit to a London theatre, to draw the attention of their friends in an opposite box, called out cooey; a voice, in the gallery, answered—"Botany Bay!"
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by John West
No good, or I’d cooey loud enough to bring some of the stones down.
From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hal Hurst
I endeavoured to make him cooey to them, or call them, but they made off, setting fire to the grass.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
To ascertain if I was near it, I gave a loud cooey, expecting that Guy and Bracewell would hear me and reply.
From Adventures in Australia by William Henry Giles Kingston
It was noon before the girls heard the cooeys uttered by the searching-party, which proved that the children had not yet been discovered.
From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by William Henry Giles Kingston
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
Early this morning the cooeys of three natives were heard.
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
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
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