bill and coo
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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
They bill and coo all day, which will not please you any more that it does me.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
"Now we are turtle-doves, Sir John, nothing less! and the Star and the Cygnet may bill and coo from the Thames to Terra Firma!"
From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary
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
