puddle jumper

puddle jumper
A small passenger airplane, typically used for shorter connecting trips to smaller airports.

The flight across country was not bad, but the ride in the puddle jumper between Boston and Connecticut was a little rough.


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  • puddle jumper — noun Date: 1942 slang lightplane …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • puddle-jumper — /pud l jum peuhr/, n. Slang. 1. a light plane, esp. one traveling only short distances or making many stops. 2. an old, rickety automobile; flivver. Also, puddlejumper. [1930 35; humorously so called because it is used on routes that include… …   Universalium

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