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  • noun a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability)

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Examples

  • There was an old twin-prop plane that might start.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • There was an old twin-prop plane that might start.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • Ickle wickle twin-prop plane to Tamworth, the girls striding out resolutely across the tarmac, bless.

    Yatima » 2009 » January 2009

  • Ickle wickle twin-prop plane to Tamworth, the girls striding out resolutely across the tarmac, bless.

    resolved 2009

  • Although the tape shows that Germano and Emmett were alerted to the presence of another plane -- a twin-prop Grumman Jetstream -- NTSB officials and Pittsburgh air-traffic controllers say the Jetstream was miles away from the 737 and probably did not pose a risk.

    The Mystery Of Usair 427 2008

  • The usual route to the island is a short hop from Bali in a twin-prop plane, but since mid-2007, the European Union has banned EU-based tour operators from selling Indonesian domestic flights, after a series of deadly crashes in the archipelago in recent years.

    The Next Bali 2008

  • The twin-prop P-16 had been designed as a nighttime fighter, its long nose cone filled with radar equipment.

    Storm Warning Nancy Mathis 2007

  • Barnstorming the state in a twin-prop plane, he crisscrossed South Dakota to warn that gay marriage could be looming.

    THE GAY WAR ROLLS ON 2007

  • We've seen soldiers boarding the little twin-prop birds.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • He saw a twin-prop airliner lift off from a small airfield.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

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