tree jumper

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Presumably from an image of a person lurking in the trees to leap out at a victim.”)

Noun

tree jumper (plural tree jumpers)

  1. (prison slang) A sex offender.
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