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

So do I. She has shown a disposition to bill and coo from the first.

From Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

"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