cooey
Americannoun
plural
cooeys, cooeyed, cooeyingExample Sentences
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At length, having gone some distance, they heard a faint cooey in reply to theirs.
From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Again I cooeyed, and this time I heard my friends cooey in return.
From Adventures in Australia by Kingston, William Henry Giles
By the particular cooey, I recognised the same party we had seen in the morning.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
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 Mitchell, Thomas
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 Mitchell, Thomas
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