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US
/ˈsɫɪkɝ/
]
[ UK /slˈɪkɐ/ ]
[ UK /slˈɪkɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a person with good manners and stylish clothing
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
How To Use slicker In A Sentence
- His favourite is to take the city slickers out to see the Northern Lights.
- CityUnslicker said ... massive underbuilding due to planning regs is a key factor. House !
- They also use what they call a slicker, being a dull edge of copper of about six or seven inches long set in a piece of wood, to serve as a handle. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
- Sure, a slicker looks smart as long as he stays in a place like New York.
- By 1980, major record companies disdained the music, preferring the slicker stylings of the new wave.
- Unlike the others, he didn't have a rain slicker and the rain seemed to pour just on him, pasting his hair to his head.
- But as the blockbuster decade progressed, heroes got slicker, glibber, and more cynical. Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
- I also agree this tends to happen most when the passing cyclist is faster, slicker, 'superior' or macho in attitude ... Tragic Death on Cedar River Trail « PubliCola
- He's an unappealing throwback to the days of '80s City slickers.
- For a moment I think I am still asleep and dreaming: policeman in yellow slickers on the streets of London and people running.
