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three-on-the-trees

three-on-the-trees is the plural of three-on-the-tree.

Meaning of three-on-the-tree

Noun

three-on-the-tree (plural three-on-the-trees)

  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).
    • 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.
    1. (US, idiomatic, metonymically) A vehicle with such a transmission.

Questions about three-on-the-trees

What is three-on-the-trees the plural of?
Three-on-the-trees is the plural of three-on-the-tree.

Words near three-on-the-trees in the dictionary

  1. three-named
  2. three-names
  3. three-naming
  4. three-of-a-kind
  5. three-on-the-tree
  6. three-on-the-trees
  7. three-parent
  8. three-party
  9. three-party system
  10. three-party systems
  11. three-peat

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