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

And from as far as Duck Square could be heard the puff-puff which proved the use of steam in this works to which idlers and mere pleasure-seekers were forbidden access.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

"Squeak, squeak," went our saddle leathers, "puff-puff" our Horses, and their feet "ka-ka-lump, ka-ka-lump."

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson

It was a steady "puff-puff," and then the darkness was cut by a glare of light.

From Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

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

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams