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cooee
noun
the call “cooee” AUSTRALIA, 1831- Laughter and gay calls echoed along the bank, and a coo-ee sounded from higher up. — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 131, 1962
▶ within cooee
within calling distance of a “cooee;” nearby, close AUSTRALIA, 1836- Never come within cooee of the place but someone’s stuck in it. — Kylie Tennant, The Honey Flow, p. 61, 1956
- If your team “didn’t finish within cooee” or a “bull’s roar” of the opposition then you’ve been soundly beaten. — Ivor Limb, Footy’s No Joke!, p. 18, 1986
- I dashed off. He never got within cooee of me after that. — Sally Morgan, My Place, p. 82, 1987
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