Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dove or pigeon; in the plural, the Gemitores, the second order of birds in Macgillivray's system: so named from their characteristic note. See
Columbæ .
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Examples
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You became the thing you'd always feared: a baby factory, cooer, a matron.
m honest C.J.F 2009
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You became the thing you'd always feared: a baby factory, cooer, a matron.
If I’m honest Chelsey Flood 2009
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I mean to say, whatever you say for or against marriage -- personally I'm all for it and consider it a ripe egg -- the fact remains that it practically makes a chappie a spent force as a cooer.
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"You young marplots, you!" he said as the gurgler printed a wet kiss on his left ear and regarded him with rapture while the small cooer, proclaimed as feminine by neck and sleeve ribbons, cuddled against his shoulder with soft confidence.
The Heart's Kingdom Maria Thompson Daviess 1898
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"There's a young dove in it," I persisted -- "a young cooer."
Aftermath James Lane Allen 1887
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I'm a hand cooer, which, if you don't know, means I can play songs by blowing into my hands.
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I'm a hand cooer which, if you don't know, means I can play songs by blowing into my hands.
LJWorld.com stories: News PopMatters.com 2010
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She wasn’t a cooer or a petter, so Lou’s attempt to use a puppy to keep his errant oldest closer to home had failed miserably.
The Almost Archer Sisters Lisa Gabriele 2008
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Give her to me, Mr. Goodloe, "and as she spoke Nell leaned over to get the cooer out of the Jaguar's arms for my inspection.
The Heart's Kingdom Maria Thompson Daviess 1898
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