puff-puff

noun

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

Example Sentences

My nurse—an egregious female—had previously remarked, "The dear child do take such notice of the puff-puff!"

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The steady chug-chug and puff-puff of the motor was heard as the adventurers moved on up the mountain.

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Puff—puff it said, but the silly words conveyed absolutely no information to Rebecca Mary.

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Soon the puff-puff-puff of the Barracouta's exhaust was driving rivets through the fog.

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And there he sat for a long while very still and quiet, save for the puff—puff—puffing of the smoke from his lips.

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