3-on-the-tree

  1. Noun.  (alternative spelling of, three-on-the-tree) .
  2. Noun.  (idiomatic) On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.

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