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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>tree-killer</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="trawl.html" title="trawl"/><link rel="next" href="treeware.html" title="treeware"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">tree-killer</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="trawl.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="treeware.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="tree-killer"/><dt xmlns="" id="tree-killer"><b>tree-killer</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Sun] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. A printer. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A person who wastes paper. This epithet should be interpreted in
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a broad sense; ‘wasting paper’ includes the production of
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<a href="../S/spiffy.html"><i class="glossterm">spiffy</i></a> but <a href="../C/content-free.html"><i class="glossterm">content-free</i></a>
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documents. Thus, most <a href="../S/suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>s are
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tree-killers.</p></dd><dd><p>It is likely that both senses derive their flavor from the epithet
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‘tree-killer’ applied by Treebeard the Ent to the Orcs in
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J.R.R. Tolkien's <i class="citetitle">Lord of the Rings</i>. See also
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<a href="../E/elvish.html"><i class="glossterm">elvish</i></a>, <a href="../E/elder-days.html"><i class="glossterm">elder days</i></a>, and
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especially <a href="../D/dead-tree-version.html"><i class="glossterm">dead-tree version</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="trawl.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="treeware.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">trawl </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> treeware</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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