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leaf-peeper

leaf-peeper is the alternative form of leaf peeper.

Meaning of leaf peeper

Noun

leaf peeper (plural leaf peepers)

  1. (US, slang) A tree sightseer who enjoys observing the leaves change color in the autumn.
    • Those "leaf peepers" (that's what you will be to locals) whose New England wanderings lead them through Amherst, Boston, Cambridge, [...]1984, Robert L. Sammons, Travel Holiday, volume 162, Floral Park, N.Y.: Travel Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52

Forms of leaf-peeper

pluralleaf-peepers

Questions about leaf-peeper

What is leaf-peeper the alternative form of?
Leaf-peeper is the alternative form of leaf peeper.

Words near leaf-peeper in the dictionary

  1. leaf-nosed
  2. leaf-nosed bat
  3. leaf-nosed bats
  4. leaf-notcher
  5. leaf-notchers
  6. leaf-peeper
  7. leaf-peepers
  8. leaf-raking
  9. leaf-roller
  10. leaf-rollers
  11. leaf-rolling

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