Meanings
- Pronunciation spelling indicating a non-French-speaker pronouncing the French word voulez.
"Vooley voo le vooley voo," said he fiercely, at the same time looking at me suspiciously.
1923, Woman's Home Companion, volume 50, numbers 7-12, page 82 more examples
She implied that a fully modern girl like herself didn't need to be told what happened after a man asked, "Vooley voo?" She thought a man's man could be forgiven what he did while he was far from home and close to death.
1991, James White, Clara's Call, Unknown Soldier, page 18"Non, course not," the farrier grumbled. "We're hout in the medders makin' daisy-chains an' henjoyin' the glorious sunshine. Ker vooley voo? Coin' to start one o' yer popular fatigues?"
1935, Crosbie Garstin, The Sunshine Settlers, page 226
Origin
Spelling representing a US pronunciation of the French word voulez.
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