英语词汇“within cooee”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Australian and New Zealand colloquial. within (a) cooee (of): within hailing distance; within easy reach, near (to).

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1887 G. L. Apperson in All Year Round 30 July 67/1 A common mode of expression is to be ‘within cooey’ of a place..Now to be ‘within cooey’ of Sydney is to be at the distance of an easy journey therefrom.

1893 Herald (Melbourne) 26 June 2/6 Witness said that there was a post-office clock ‘within coo-ee’, or within less than half-a-mile of the station.

1896 H. Lawson In Days when World was Wide (1900) 80 Weary teamsters struggled on while it was light, Just to camp within a cooey of the Shanty for the night.

1899 ‘S. Rudd’ On our Selection 28 There wasn't a horse in the district could come within cooee of her.

1916 ‘Anzac’ On Anzac Trail 39 The niggers..wouldn't come within coo-ee of our mob when engaged in bomb-throwing.

1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 Aug. 10/2 In George-Street, within coo-ee of the Town Hall.

1946 F. D. Davison Dusty xv. 164 Tom, within a cooee of seventy, had made a new start in life.

1965 Weekly News (Auckland) 4 Aug. 14/4 But nothing that Roux has achieved on this tour came within coo-ee of the effort of Gainsford.

单词	within cooee
释义	> as lemmas within (a) cooee (of) Australian and New Zealand colloquial. within (a) cooee (of): within hailing distance; within easy reach, near (to). ΚΠ 1887 G. L. Apperson in All Year Round 30 July 67/1 A common mode of expression is to be ‘within cooey’ of a place..Now to be ‘within cooey’ of Sydney is to be at the distance of an easy journey therefrom. 1893 Herald (Melbourne) 26 June 2/6 Witness said that there was a post-office clock ‘within coo-ee’, or within less than half-a-mile of the station. 1896 H. Lawson In Days when World was Wide (1900) 80 Weary teamsters struggled on while it was light, Just to camp within a cooey of the Shanty for the night. 1899 ‘S. Rudd’ On our Selection 28 There wasn't a horse in the district could come within cooee of her. 1916 ‘Anzac’ On Anzac Trail 39 The niggers..wouldn't come within coo-ee of our mob when engaged in bomb-throwing. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 Aug. 10/2 In George-Street, within coo-ee of the Town Hall. 1946 F. D. Davison Dusty xv. 164 Tom, within a cooee of seventy, had made a new start in life. 1965 Weekly News (Auckland) 4 Aug. 14/4 But nothing that Roux has achieved on this tour came within coo-ee of the effort of Gainsford. extracted from cooeen.int. < as lemmas
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