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- noun Plural form of
hugger .
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Examples
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Arguing with tree huggers is like masturbating with a cheese grater.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Libertarianism, the Environment, and Kyoto: Part 2 2004
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I'm not saying we were mean-spirited or anything; we just weren't big "huggers" and besides, we didn't look the part.
a trip on the bricks 2007
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I'm not saying we were mean-spirited or anything; we just weren't big "huggers" and besides, we didn't look the part.
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When the world ends because we elected the devil as our leader, I hope you tree huggers will be happy.
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The tree huggers need to stand aside and we need to get drilling to produce our own oil reserves.
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The few people who openly spoke up about the environment were called “tree huggers” by the right-wing nuts, and the few women who still spoke up about equal pay for equal work were branded “feminazis.”
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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These were groups of men who played army in the woods in preparation for what they figured was the coming war with (take your pick): an intrusive government (quaint), liberals, blacks, gays, people who had or might have an abortion, Mexicans, tree huggers, feminazis, or some or all of the above.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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What I can't stand are these gun-huggers who twist the language of the Constitution into something that none of its authors intended. patNY
Sotomayor: Judges have different task than what citizens expect 2009
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Walt grumbled that the “damn tree huggers” and their programs that declared wolves a protected species increased the population, and now we were all going to be overrun with predators.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Who wouldn't like to believe that tenants and real-estate developers, tree huggers and SUV owners, the EPA and libertarians can get along and reconcile their bickering points of view?
Building a Better Future Richard B. Woodward 2011
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