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CIDE DICTIONARY
cooey, n. [Of imitative origin.].
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 (kcooee is generally used.
cooey, v. i.
To call out cooee.
"I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]