cooey
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cooeys
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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
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
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
At length, having gone some distance, they heard a faint cooey in reply to theirs.
From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by William Henry Giles Kingston
B. had heard his rifle down the valley, and we now began to "cooey" for him.
From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Edward Wilson Landor
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
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
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
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