cooey
Americannoun
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cooeys
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"And I cooeying till I could cooey no more!"
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
We gave a cooey to let those at the station know of our approach, and in another moment old Bob came hurrying out to meet us.
From Adventures in Australia by William Henry Giles Kingston
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
If you go to the door, Wilfrid, and give a loud cooey it will bring him in if he is within hearing.
From Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Like the natives of New South Wales, they called to each other, from a great distance, by the cooey; a word meaning "come to me."
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by John West
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
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
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
Early this morning the cooeys of three natives were heard.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
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
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