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puffing Billy

puffing Billy noun: a steam locomotive engine.

Noun

puffing Billy

  1. (obsolete, slang) A steam locomotive engine.
    • The temple, halfway up the Matheran hills, was approached by a 'puffing billy' train on a zigzag railway from Neral, two miles from Bombay.1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 148

Questions about puffing Billy

What does puffing Billy mean?
Puffing Billy means a steam locomotive engine.
What part of speech is puffing Billy?
Puffing Billy is a noun.

Words near puffing Billy in the dictionary

  1. puffiness
  2. puffinesses
  3. puffinet
  4. puffinets
  5. puffing
  6. puffing Billy
  7. puffing one's chest
  8. puffing out
  9. puffing pig
  10. puffing pigs
  11. puffing the magic dragon

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