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noun

British a children's name for a steam locomotive or railway train

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Words nearby puff-puff

puffin, puffin crossing, puff paste, puff pastry, puff piece, puff-puff, puffy, pug, Pugachov, pugaree, pugdog

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How to use puff-puff in a sentence

It has French ingredients like leeks and tarragon, and I use puff pastry to make the crust easy!
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And even ordinary exercisers may subject themselves to dirty looks if they puff near their gym.
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So we salute you, Mr. Fielder, even as we continue to huff and puff at the gym in pursuit of those rippling ridges.
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In his new video for “I Want the Love,” Puff Daddy sits tight on what appears to be a pretty good replica of the iron throne.
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I walked behind the idling swing and gave it a gentle puff of a push.
When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a white silk, with an immense train, of course, and without overskirt—simply caught up in a great puff behind.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
It curled and twisted in the embers as if it had been a living thing; a puff of smoke, a pungent odour, and it was gone.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The horse made a spring to one side, and the beautiful new pipe was broken before the old hero had taken a single puff.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The flounces were so full and fluffy that he held his knees back nervously lest he should disturb a puff.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Will not one puff of that narcotic breath drowse deep all watching dragons, and make for him the sleeping beauties of his will?
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.