bill and coo
Example Sentences
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Sample: The birds come to their nest; At peace, they bill and coo; The wide world sinks to rest, And so do I And so do you.
From Time Magazine Archive
In The Abdication, they bill and coo once again-this time with spiritual fervor.
From Time Magazine Archive
"After lunch," Dennison went on, "I discovered some people in an arbour, the bill and coo business, and I fairly peppered them; I am no end of a shot with a peashooter."
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles
Elderly people came to stay for pleasant recreation and quiet enjoyment; younger people to "bill and coo" and dance.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by Holley, George W.
Oho!" he thought, "I've hit upon it at once—this is the cage where these turtles bill and coo.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
