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Definition of Cooees
1. cooee [v] - See also: cooee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooees
Literary usage of Cooees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales by Nicholas Carlisle (1818)
"They are nominated by a descendant of Sir THOMAS cooees. The Scholars being the
sons of very poor persons, and being designed by a Statute of Sir THOMAS ..."
2. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"On a CHIEF cent. Annulets finit. Barry of six sa. and arg. on a chief of the se
cond three annulets gu. cooees, V. Barry of six sa. and or on a chief arg. ..."
3. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port by Ludwig Leichhardt (1847)
"Very early in the morning we heard the cooees of the natives, who seemed wailing,
as if one of their number was either killed or severely wounded : for we ..."
4. "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh Knyvett (1918)
"Through cheering crowds we drove and our Australian hearts leaped as we heard
many cooees, which made us feel that we were not far from Home, ..."
5. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1894)
"... and some one ' cooees' at intervals. ' Then a noise is heard. The narrator
here struck a book against the table several times to describe it. ..."
6. A History of the Colony of Victoria: From Its Discovery to Its Absorption by Henry Gyles Turner (1904)
"... the hills to create bonfires on their tops, fired their guns at short intervals,
and woke the silent echoes of the forest with their incessant cooees. ..."
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