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Expression of surprise about illicit whisky in child’s toy
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choo-choo
Word definitions for choo-choo in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context childish English) The sound made by a steam locomotive. 2 (context childish English) A railway locomotive. 3 (context childish English) A railway train. (Also called a choo-choo train)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Child's name for "steam-engine locomotive," 1895, echoic ( choo-choo cars is attested from 1891).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a child's word for locomotive
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
choo-choo \choo-choo\ n. a train or a locomotive; -- a child's word. [Baby talk]
Usage examples of choo-choo.
Jake's mind flashed back to his Final Essay, with the picture of the Amtrak train on the title-page and the words choo-choo written over and over again inside.
It's just an awful choo-choo train, and its name is Blaine the Pain.
Elsewhere were miniature choo-choo trains, zoom-rides, and toy air -- planes whirling about a pole.
Elsewhere were miniature choo-choo trains, zoom-rides, and toy airplanes whirling about a pole.
Theroux has already written two whole books about trains, but the choo-choos and chuff-chuffs feature prominently in this one too.