one-lung
Americanadjective
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having or equipped with only one lung.
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Slang. (of an engine, automobile, etc.) having only one cylinder.
Example Sentences
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Printed in Broadcasting the letter told of a little "one-lung outfit," KODK, whose tiny transmitter made a welcome whistle in lonely Fort Greely on Kodiak Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last summer Richard built himself a one-lung automobile in the basement shop.
From Time Magazine Archive
Visualized by scooter-makers is a flourishing trade in which one-lung puddle-jumpers will be used for messenger service, light deliveries, transportation of commuters from home to railroad station and back.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both Miss Bauers and Miss Ahearn had twelve-cylinder opportunities that should have rendered them forever unfit for travel in Nick's one-lung vehicle of locomotion.
From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna
Six wrenches and a screwdriver and a one-lung pump!
From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair
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