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tree-killer
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n. [Sun] 1. A printer. 2. A person who wastes paper. This epithet should be
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interpreted in a broad sense; wasting paper includes the production of
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spiffy but content-free documents. Thus, most suits are tree-killers. It is
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likely that both senses derive their flavor from the epithet tree-killer
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applied by Treebeard the Ent to the Orcs in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the
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Rings. See also elvish , elder days , and especially dead-tree version.
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