puff-puff

British  

noun

1. a children's name for a steam locomotive or railway train

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Example Sentences

Likewise balls of fried dough, here called puff-puff, speak to all nations; these have a tinge of nutmeg and an unexpected density.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016

After promising Clara J. that I would never again light a pipe at the race track, there I stood, one of the busiest puff-puff laddies on the circuit.

From Back to the Woods by McHugh, Hugh

We wanted to get away from clang-clang and honk-honk and puff-puff.

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams

"Maybe not so good for meke-believe puff-puff train."

From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods by Nosworthy, Florence England

"Let us go on—I'd rather hear the puff-puff of the gasoline motor than listen to such stillness."

From The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht by Stratemeyer, Edward