- used as a way of attracting somebody’s attentionWord Originlate 18th cent.: imitative of a signal used by Australian Aboriginals and copied by settlers.
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Idioms
within cooee (of)
- (Australian English, New Zealand English) not far (from)
- There's loads of cheap accommodation within cooee of the airport.
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