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Re: Four on the floor

Posted by Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. on February 13, 2005

In Reply to: Four on the floor posted by beth on February 09, 2005

It refers to a shifter in an automobile where the shifter is on the floor rather than on the steering column. The four refers to the amount of gears the shifter engages.