straight-eight
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straight-eight (plural straight-eights)
- (engineering, automotive) An engine with eight cylinders in one line or row.
- (automotive) A vehicle, usually a large car, with an engine of this kind.
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- “straight-eight”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.