three-on-the-tree

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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); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
    Coordinate term: 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.
    His old car was a three-on-the-tree. Now he drives a four-on-the-floor.
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