Yonder is old Corn Darby's gravestone over on the bluff," they would say, as the train chuffed up out of the valley on either side of the station.
"The Reclaimers"
Margaret Hill McCarter
Last on the road the cowboy careless swings, Leading tamed cattle in their tending strings, With shining tin to keep his dinner warm Swung at his back, or tucked beneath his arm; Whose sun-burnt skin, and cheeks chuffed out with fat, Are dyed as rusty as his napless hat.
"Poems Chiefly From Manuscript"
John Clare
It snuffed 'n' chuffed to beat the band, but it wouldn'tbudge for love nor money nor the man in goggles.
"Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs"
Anne Warner