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three-on-the-tree en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, idiomatic) On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is a column shifter (mounted on the steering column) (R-N-1-2-3).
    • His old car was a three-on-the-tree. Now he drives a four-on-the-floor.
    • In driver's education, they used to teach students to drive in cars with a three-on-the-tree, but now the cars all have automatic transmissions.
  2. (US, idiomatic, metonymically) On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is a column shifter (mounted on the steering column) (R-N-1-2-3). ▸ A vehicle with such a transmission.

Forms

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three-on-the-trees Number=Plur lexicographic
3-on-the-tree alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

four-on-the-floor · four-on-the-floor