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Christmas tree lots

BACKSTOP v. station employees at the exits to talk customers out of leaving without buying.

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CHARLIE BROWN n. exceptionally ugly or malformed tree. syn. morte.

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CHISELER n. customer who shops at the last second to get a choice tree cheaply. “Show the chiseler some Charlie Browns.”

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CUTE GIRL DISCOUNT n. given to comely female customers. rel. big family discount.

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FLOCK v. spray synthetic “snow” on a tree to disguise the fact that it is dried out or dead.

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GRINDER n. customer who arrives in a luxury vehicle and haggles vigorously over price.

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MONSTER adj. unusually large tree.

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OUT TO SMELL THE TREES phr. annoying phenomenon in which people visit lots solely to sample the pine-scented air. “Get somebody to backstop that guy out to smell the trees.”

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RAIN FREAK n. customer who shops in the rain.