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Christmas tree
noun- a capsule of amobarbital sodium and secobarbital sodium (trade name Tuinal), a combination of central nervous system depressants US
- — Donald Louria, The Drug Scene, p. 189, 1968
- A brother and sister from Michigan, eighteen and sixteen years old, whispered to me that they were turned on with CTL—Christmas Tree Lights. — Arthur Blessitt, Turned On to Jesus, p. 233, 1971
- — Current Slang, p. 9, Spring 1971
- Tuinal is what I like. Some people call them Christmas Trees. That’s the underworld slang for them because they’re a kind of a green and kind of a red[.] — Bruce Jackson, Outside the Law, p. 110, 1972
- Whites to wake up, yellow jackets to sleep, and a special present she called a Christmas Tree, a cap filled with red and green spansules. — Malcolm Braley, False Starts, p. 267, 1976
- an assortment of multi-coloured pills US
- — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime, p. 66, 1992
- marijuana US
Draws a parallel between two plants that appear at times of celebration. - Anyway, he said the shit was garbage ... Christmas tree smoke. — Jim Carroll, Forced Entries, p. 70, 1987
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 287, 2003
- in drag racing, an electronic starting device consisting of a set of lights US
- Drivers watch the yellow lights blink one at a time down the tree until the green light goes on. If a driver moves his car before the green light is on, he gets a red light... That’s what a Christmas tree is all about. — Ed Radlauer, Drag Racing Pix Dix, p. 13, 1970
- The black and white and the shining orange Camaro perch at the starting line, both drivers’ eyes glued on the “Christmas tree”–the vertical light stand that signals the start of every race. — Los Angeles Times, p. A26, 6 June 2003
- a bank of red and green-coloured lights that are part of an instrument panel US, 1945
- Captain Rogers? I have a green Christmas tree on board. — Edwin Corley, The Jesus Factor, p. 167, 1970
- First, we waited for the “Christmas tree,” the bank of indicator lights showing the status of all hull openings, to change from red to green to all green, signaling that they were closed. — Richard O’Kane, Clear the Bridge, p. 14, 1977
- in the car sales business, a car loaded with accessories and gadgets US
- — Cars, p. 40, December 1953
- in trucking, a tractor trailer embellished with many extra running lights US
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 30, 1971
- in oil drilling, the collection of equipment at the top of an oil well US, 1925
- — William Haggard, The Telemann Touch, 1950
- — Jerry Robertson, Oil Slanguage, p. 37, 1954
- in the television and film industries, a cart used for storing and carrying lighting equipment US
- — Tony Miller and Patricia George, Cut! Print!, p. 51, 1977
- in the television and film industries, a stand with more than one light mounted on it US
- — Ira Konigsberg, The Complete Film Dictionary, p. 47, 1987
- in railway terminology, a coloured light signal UK
- — Harvey Sheppard, Dictionary of Railway Slang, 1970
- a woman who over-dresses or over-uses cosmetics US, 1960
- — Frederic G. Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English, p. 656, 1985
- the knee UK
Rhyming slang; the plural is “Christmas trees.” - — Ray Puxley, Fresh Rabbit, 1998
- in electric line work, a pole-mounted auxiliary arm used for hoisting a conductor US
- — A.B. Chance Co., Lineman’s Slang Dictionary, p. 4, 1980
- in Nova Scotia, a piece of fishing gear with many lines, hooks, and pegs attached CANADA
- As the boat is kept moving, the drale is towed behind it, and the fish bite into the pegs. A drale is known to the fishermen as a Christmas tree, because of all the dangling pieces. — The Paper Clip, 1980
- a busy telephone switchboard US
- A busy switchboard at Police Headquarters is, by poetic touch, a Christmas tree. — New York Times, p. 34, 20 October 1958
▶ (just) come down off the Christmas tree
foolish, inexperienced, gullible UK- [Y]ou reckon you got me for a grass. Jesus TT you reckon I came down off the Christmas tree or what? — Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bread in Wengen, p. 21, 1999
▶ lit up like a Christmas tree
dazzling; resplendent AUSTRALIA- — W.R. Bennett, Target Turin, p. 15, 1962
- This is one time when you can hang the lot, light yourself up like a Christmas tree. — Geoffrey Tolhurst, Flat 4 Kings Cross, p. 45, 1963
- In the evening, a hospital ship arrived, lit from stem to stern–“like a bloody Christmas tree,” said Barney–its great blood-red cross floodlit. — Jack Bennett, Gallipoli, p. 198, 1981
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