cooley

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English

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Noun

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cooley (plural cooleys)

  1. Alternative spelling of coulee
    • 1883, George O. Shields, Hunting in the Great West: (Rustlings in the Rockies), page 156:
      This at last brought me to the cooley or ravine that I so longed to reach.

Chinook Jargon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French courir.

Verb

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cooley

  1. to run, hurry