English
Noun
tree hugger
- slang (disapproving) An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging.
#: 1960, Kalle Päätalo (translation by Richard A. Impola), Our Daily Bread, p. 259
#:: "Let's go now, tree-hugger," gasped one of them. "The show's over. Everybody beat it," ordered the other.
Synonyms
prairie fairy
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