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Cooee   Listen
noun
Cooee, Cooey  n.  (Written also cooie)  A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call to attract attention, and also in common use among the Australian colonists. In the actual call the first syllable is much prolonged and the second ends in a shrill, staccato e. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used.
Within cooey, within earshot.






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