puddle jumper

puddle jumper

slang A very small airplane used to travel relatively short distances, such as over a small body of water (a "puddle"). We had to take this tiny little puddle jumper since it was such a short flight from Dublin to Edinburgh. Are you sure this puddle jumper is safe? It looks like it runs on triple-A batteries!
See also: puddle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

puddle jumper

n. a small airplane. I’m not going to fly 200 miles in that puddle jumper!
See also: puddle
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • puddle hopper
  • nipperkin
  • in small doses
  • fit on the back of a postage stamp
  • play a small part (in something)
  • increase by leaps and bounds
  • by leaps and bounds
  • by/in leaps and bounds
  • in leaps and bounds
  • grow by leaps and bounds
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