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  • noun onomatopoeia The sound of a locomotive whistle

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Examples

  • Here in Wisconsin, the Milwaukee paper has stopped calling the choo choo between Milwaukee and Madison as “high speed” and is calling it a “fast train”.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Making Fiscal Sense 2010

  • It is a square house, with two bed rooms, a living room, a store room, dining room, kitchen and two wash rooms, one for the "choo" and one for the shower.

    First week at Makondeko thais berglund 2005

  • It is a square house, with two bed rooms, a living room, a store room, dining room, kitchen and two wash rooms, one for the "choo" and one for the shower.

    Archive 2005-09-01 thais berglund 2005

  • Overlaying all this, a soundtrack: choo-k-choo-k-choo-k-choo-k-choo-k — the metronomic rhythm of an Amtrak train rolling down the line to California, a sound that called to mind an old camera reel moving frames of images along a linear track, telling a story.

    Sunday Reading 2009

  • Thursday, April 09, 2009 ah-choo site to see • from Wired Library of Congress opened its YouTube Channel,

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • There is not some genetic fault in the DNA of choo-choos.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » On What Freaking Basis? 2010

  • There is not some genetic fault in the DNA of choo-choos.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » On What Freaking Basis? 2010

  • There is one of Rivera's earliest surviving drawings, executed at age three, of a choo-choo train - although it hardly presages the genius that was to flower in the man.

    Anahuacalli: Diego Rivera's gift of indigenous treasures 2009

  • Of course in 50 years, the budget busting choo choo may have caused us to dramatically increase taxes or cut services (most likely both).

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » On What Freaking Basis? 2010

  • I wish people here in Wisconsin would understand the pretty choo choo trains that are proposed for service between Milwaukee and Madison are going to have an outrageous capital cost that will have to be spent to maintain the trains whether there is money in the budget or not.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » On What Freaking Basis? 2010

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