yows

There followed a series of "yows" and "iks" and purrs of varying intensity and inflection.

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare Braun, Lilian Jackson 1988

The time we get closest together is when I play the harmonica an 'he yow-yows.

CHAPTER VIII 2010

They prowled ceaselessly, and Koko talked to himself with private yows and iks and occasionally shoved a book off the shelf.

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare Braun, Lilian Jackson 1988

The cat pulled out a title; Qwilleran read aloud, accompanied by purrs, iks, and yows.

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare Braun, Lilian Jackson 1988

It's not your hogs and yows can maintain furbelows

Brisk Young Widow 1968

"Ay, sirs," said he; "it weets the sod, it slocks the yows [_i. e._, quenches the thirst of the ewes], and it's God's wull."

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

The time we get closest together is when I play the harmonica an 'he yow-yows.

Chapter 8 1917

Fourscoor6 yows upon it an’ some on it down i’ seeäd.

Northern Farmer 1895

Then they'll fairly let loose the bow-yows of war.

War and the Weird Forbes Phillips 1891

'Mang her yows an' her lambs the herd lassie stude

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864