Idiom
puddle jumper
Meaning
A small passenger airplane, typically used for shorter connecting trips to smaller airports.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We took a small puddle jumper to reach the island.”
“The flight was bumpy because we were flying on a tiny puddle jumper between the two small towns.”
“The remote mountain community relies entirely on a weathered puddle jumper to deliver essential supplies and mail during the winter months.”
Examples
simple
“We took a small puddle jumper to reach the island.”
contextual
“The flight was bumpy because we were flying on a tiny puddle jumper between the two small towns.”
complex
“The remote mountain community relies entirely on a weathered puddle jumper to deliver essential supplies and mail during the winter months.”
Origin
The term is a genericised trademark. No further historical record of its inception or specific development is noted in the source.
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