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high-test
[ hahy-test ]
adjective
- (of gasoline) boiling at a relatively low temperature.
high-test
- Relating to highly volatile high-octane gasoline.
Word History and Origins
Origin of high-test1
Example Sentences
I mean people who tell high-test, dry-aged, technicolor extravaganza sort of lies.
It was mid-afternoon before the "Winged Arrow" was towed across to the dock and her tanks refilled with high-test gasoline.
Then the motor roared and he and the engineer, took off at double the speed she could make on high-test gas.
"A little while ago Spenski found his girl, and I would have withdrawn—for that is the high test," Samarc resumed.
Manoeuvres of this kind, I must tell you, are a high test of military skill, and are often not fully intelligible to the lay mind.
The low-pressure air cylinders were lubricated with "High Test" oil, having a flash point of 600° Fahr.
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