cooee, within

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adv. within easy distance.

1887. G. L. Apperson, in `All the Year Round,' July 30, p. 67,col. 1 (`O.E.D.'):

«A common mode of expression is to be `within cooey' of aplace. . . . Now to be `within cooey' of Sydney is to beat the distance of an easy journey therefrom.»

1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), June 26, p. 2, col. 6:

«Witness said that there was a post-office clock `withincoo-ee,' or within less than half-a-mile of the station.»

1896. H. Lawson, `When the World was Wide,' p. 80:

«Just to camp within a cooey of the Shanty for the night.»

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