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slick·er
(slĭk′ər)n.
1.
a. A long water-repellant coat usually made of oilskin.
b. A raincoat made of a glossy or shiny material, such as plastic or rubber.
2. A tool for dressing hides.
3. Informal A cheat; a swindler.
4. Informal A person with stylish clothing and manners.
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slicker
(ˈslɪkə)n
1. informal a sly or untrustworthy person (esp in the phrase city slicker)
2. (Clothing & Fashion) US and Canadian a shiny raincoat, esp an oilskin
3. (Tools) a small trowel used for smoothing the surfaces of a mould
ˈslickered adj
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slick•er
(ˈslɪk ər)n.
1. a long, loose oilskin raincoat.
2. any raincoat.
3. Informal.
a. a swindler; a sly cheat.
[1880–85, Amer.]
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slicker
A long waterproof raincoat made of plastic, rubber, or oilskin.
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| Noun | 1. |  slicker - a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof |
| 2. | slicker - a person with good manners and stylish clothing city boy, city slicker - a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing man of the world, sophisticate - a worldly-wise person | |
| 3. |  slicker - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truebluffer, four-flusher - a person who tries to bluff other people chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler, gouger - a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, betrayer - a person who says one thing and does another falsifier - someone who falsifies counterfeiter, forger - someone who makes copies illegally fortune hunter - a person who seeks wealth through marriage front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, figurehead, front - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives imitator, impersonator - someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake - a person who makes deceitful pretenses liar, prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly misleader - someone who leads astray (often deliberately) charlatan, mountebank - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes obscurantist - a person who is deliberately vague sandbagger - someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you two-timer - someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else utterer - someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins |
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