one-lunger

[wuhn-luhng-er]

noun Slang.

a one-cylinder internal-combustion engine.

Origin of one-lunger

1905–10; one lung + -er¹

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You see it is simply crushing to have the responsibility of a one-lunger for a whole evening.
Mariposilla
Mary Stewart Daggett