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Charlie Brown tree

Syllables: Char·lie Brown treeUK/ˈtʃɑːli bɹaʊn ˈtɹiː/US/ˈtʃɑɹli bɹaʊn ˈtɹi/

Charlie Brown tree noun: a Christmas tree considered unattractive and undesirable by normal standards, often small and sparse.

charlie brown tree: a Christmas tree considered unattractive and undesirable by normal standards, often small and sparse
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Noun

Charlie Brown tree (plural Charlie Brown trees)

  1. A Christmas tree considered unattractive and undesirable by normal standards, often small and sparse.
    • There is a place in our Christmas for a Charlie Brown tree—as the Children's Tree.1985, Lasley F. Gober, The Christmas Lover’s Handbook, or, How to Plan the Merriest Christmas—Ever!, White Hall, Va.: Betterway Publications, →ISBN, page 137
    • As Regina put it, "It was the ugliest, skinniest Charlie Brown tree you ever saw."1998, Liz Curtis Higgs, “Humor and Marriage: Are You Married to a Funny-baked Ham?”, in Help! I’m Laughing and I Can’t Get Up: Forty Reasons Why Life is More Fun after the Big 4-0, Nashville, Tenn....

Examples of Charlie Brown tree in a sentence

  • In the industry these are sometimes referred to as "Charlie Brown trees," after the pathetic, droopy specimen that Charlie Brown selected for the Christmas pageant in his eponymous cartoon classic.2005, Kevin Cuddihy, Phillip Metcalfe, “O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree: All about Christmas Trees”, in Christmas’s Most Wanted: The Top...
  • She liked to think of it as a Charlie Brown tree, worthy of pity, not just a plain old ugly tree.2005, Janell M. Ramos, Waiting for Odysseus, 2nd edition, Visalia, Calif.: Goddess Guild Publishing, →ISBN, page 136:

Synonyms of Charlie Brown tree

Forms of Charlie Brown tree

pluralCharlie Brown trees

Origin of Charlie Brown tree

A reference to the animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) based on the comic strip Peanuts by American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000), in which the title character Charlie Brown picks an unattractive Christmas tree to decorate. The selection of the tree represents a protest against the commercialization of Christmas.

Questions about Charlie Brown tree

What does Charlie Brown tree mean?
Charlie Brown tree means a Christmas tree considered unattractive and undesirable by normal standards, often small and sparse.
How do you use Charlie Brown tree in a sentence?
In the industry these are sometimes referred to as "Charlie Brown trees," after the pathetic, droopy specimen that Charlie Brown selected for the Christmas pageant in his eponymous cartoon classic.
What part of speech is Charlie Brown tree?
Charlie Brown tree is a noun.
How do you pronounce Charlie Brown tree?
Charlie Brown tree is pronounced /ˈtʃɑːli bɹaʊn ˈtɹiː/ (UK).
What is the plural of Charlie Brown tree?
The plural of Charlie Brown tree is Charlie Brown trees.

Words near Charlie Brown tree in the dictionary

  1. charlie
  2. Charlie bar
  3. Charlie bars
  4. Charlie Brown Christmas tree
  5. Charlie Brown Christmas trees
  6. Charlie Brown tree
  7. Charlie Brown trees
  8. Charlie Brown's Christmas tree
  9. Charlie Brown's Christmas trees
  10. Charlie Chaplin moustache
  11. Charlie Chaplin moustaches

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