oilskin, slicker
(noun) a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
(noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
slicker
(noun) a person with good manners and stylish clothing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slicker
comparative form of slick
slicker (plural slickers)
One who or that which slicks.
(originally, North American) A waterproof coat or jacket.
A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
(slang) A swindler or conman.
A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
(metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
A brush for grooming a cat and removing loose fur.
• (waterproof coat or jacket): poncho
slicker (third-person singular simple present slickers, present participle slickering, simple past and past participle slickered)
To slither, as on a slick surface.
To con or hoodwink.
To use a slicker on.
To smooth or slick.
To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.
• Rickels, Sickler, lickers, relicks, rickles, sickler
Source: Wiktionary
Slick"er, n.
Definition: That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically: (a) A kind of burnisher for leather. (b) (Founding) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.
Slick"er, n.
Definition: A waterproof coat. [Western U.S.]
Slich, Slick, n. (Metal.)
Definition: See Schlich.
Slick, a. Etym: [See Sleek.]
Definition: Sleek; smooth. "Both slick and dainty." Chapman.
Slick, v. t.
Definition: To make sleek or smoth. "Slicked all with sweet oil." Chapman.
Slick, n. (Joinery)
Definition: A wide paring chisel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 February 2025
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; āan acrimonious disputeā; ābitter about the divorceā
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