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  • Coo-coo, the Caribbean cornmeal porridge, is not usually highly seasoned, but she adds curry and both chicken broth and coconut milk to the dish.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • Tena, I was thinking about you too ... especially when some talking head refrred to Bush as Coo-coo Bananas.

    Tell Us Your Election Night Experiences... 2009

  • Answer: Where ever Commander Coo-coo Bananas tells them too.

    MSNBC Gets It Right: McCain Attack Ad Is False 2009

  • He tried whistling, and this time he got an unexpected response: Coo-coo, coo-coo.

    Hoot Hiaasen, Carl 2002

  • "Coo-coo," something as tame pigeons do, only in shorter notes, or calling, "Kee-kee-kee."

    Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim

  • "Kee-kee-kee" to his mate, or hear one pair talk softly together, saying, "Coo-coo."

    Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim

  • In fact, it had been found that Aurora had the right magic "Coo-coo!" and the cunning hand and soothing cheek which babies require.

    Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Various

  • Rose-Marie; and the baby's cat, his name is Pharaoh Meneptah, but the baby calls him Coo-coo; and there's Miss Honey's rabbits, they're all named Eleanor, because you can't tell them apart, and one name does just as well; and the canary, his name is Jean and

    While Caroline Was Growing Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon 1918

  • Alec, who was lying on a cushion and saying "Coo-coo" to a rattle, she awaited her husband's reply.

    A Son of the Immortals Louis Tracy 1895

  • Well it wasn't "Coo-coo for Coco-Puffs", but it might as well have been, in my book.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

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