Definitions
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- noun a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability)
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Examples
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There was an old twin-prop plane that might start.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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There was an old twin-prop plane that might start.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Ickle wickle twin-prop plane to Tamworth, the girls striding out resolutely across the tarmac, bless.
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Ickle wickle twin-prop plane to Tamworth, the girls striding out resolutely across the tarmac, bless.
resolved 2009
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Although the tape shows that Germano and Emmett were alerted to the presence of another plane -- a twin-prop Grumman Jetstream -- NTSB officials and Pittsburgh air-traffic controllers say the Jetstream was miles away from the 737 and probably did not pose a risk.
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The usual route to the island is a short hop from Bali in a twin-prop plane, but since mid-2007, the European Union has banned EU-based tour operators from selling Indonesian domestic flights, after a series of deadly crashes in the archipelago in recent years.
The Next Bali 2008
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The twin-prop P-16 had been designed as a nighttime fighter, its long nose cone filled with radar equipment.
Storm Warning Nancy Mathis 2007
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Barnstorming the state in a twin-prop plane, he crisscrossed South Dakota to warn that gay marriage could be looming.
THE GAY WAR ROLLS ON 2007
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We've seen soldiers boarding the little twin-prop birds.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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He saw a twin-prop airliner lift off from a small airfield.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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