puff-puff
noun
British a children's name for a steam locomotive or railway train
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Examples from the Web for puff-puff
Historical Examples of puff-puff
"Puff-puff," slowly at first, in a solemn and majestic manner.
Little Folks (July 1884)Various
We wanted to get away from clang-clang and honk-honk and puff-puff.
Riviera TownsHerbert Adams Gibbons
It was a steady "puff-puff," and then the darkness was cut by a glare of light.
Tom Swift and his Motor-cycleVictor Appleton
The chatter of the gasoline engine came to her faintly, puff-puff.
Rebecca's PromiseFrances R. Sterrett
My nurse—an egregious female—had previously remarked, "The dear child do take such notice of the puff-puff!"
Wandering HeathSir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch