tree-suit
tree suit
dated slang A coffin. You're going to end up in a tree suit before you're 50 if you don't start improving your diet. Don't worry, boss. We'll put that stool pigeon in a tree suit before he ever makes it to court.
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tree-suit
n. a wooden coffin. You’d better shut up if you don’t want to end up wearing a tree-suit.
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Slowing down to max-endurance airspeed, I flew west while making calls on guard, trying to find the frigid man in the
tree-suit. I soon reestablished radio contact with him and set up an orbit at FL330, where the radio signal was the strongest.
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