Crossword-Solution: CHOOF 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 13

MacRae stood watch alone, listening to the ka-_choof_, ka-_choof_ of the exhaust, the murmuring swash of calm water cleft by the _Bluebird's_ stem.

Possibly he might have fancied that we had come by train, had not Ropes been starting the car at that moment, _en route_ for some resting-place masquerading as a garage; and the “choof, choof” of my Gloria came in through the open doors like a defiant laugh.

Soot’s a healthy thing, sir—healthier than clean water.” “You—you—ah—ah——choof!—you did that!” cried M^cSweeny, as soon as he could speak, ferociously fixing Sandy with his eye.