propjet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of propjet
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The team flew from the capital Nuuk by propjet to Kulusuk, population 200, then traveled by dogsled to the edge of the ice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Dramatic video clips apparently taken from cars were posted online and aired by broadcasters, showing the ATR 72 propjet as it pivoted onto its side while zooming toward a bridge over the river.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 4, 2015
Competing with government-owned Trans-Australia Airlines, Ansett flew more than half the national total in his 100-plane fleet, which ranges from small Cessnas to propjet Viscounts and Electras, and will soon include Boeing 727 jets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beside him, applauding energetically, was Nikita Khrushchev, ruler of all the Russias, who had arrived from Moscow by propjet the day before to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of Red rule in China.
From Time Magazine Archive
Southeastward at 18,000 ft. over southern Indiana one afternoon last week bored a Northwest Airlines propjet Lockheed Electra bearing passengers from snowy Minneapolis and Chicago to Miami.
From Time Magazine Archive
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