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tree bear

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tree bear (plural tree bears)

  1. (dated) A koala.
    • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 164:
      Other favourites [stuffed animals] have been the little tree bears from Australia who liven up the tourist shops as much as the toyshops, and look decidedly real.