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- noun Alternative spelling of
three-on-the-tree . - noun idiomatic On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual
transmission whosegearshift lever ismounted on thesteering column .
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Right where it belongs, if this were a Ford pickup with 3-on-the-tree ...
Autoblog 2009
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