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/ˈslɪkɚ/
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/ˈslɪkə/
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Noun
One who or that which slicks.
A waterproof coat or jacket.
Usage- US usage
A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
A swindler or conman.
Usage- Slang
A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
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.
Synonym of slicker brush
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There are numerous grooming products on the market, particularly for longhaired cats – for example, rakes, slickers and detangle sprays, many of which claim to make grooming as simple and safe as possible.
Verb
To slither, as on a slick surface.
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My good lady wife invited many and often her friends to a dish of cauliflower cooked as it ought to be and finely seasoned, and you ought to see how they slickered their tongues; it looked like appetite all over their faces.
I carefully watched his quick emotions as they slickered in his eyes before he hid them.
That's me, a holy greased pig, slickering away out of the fumbling hands of evil.
To con or hoodwink.
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I knew he had been slickered again.
To use a slicker on.
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...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being then slickered off and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent.
The bends are rinsed well and slickered on both the sides to remove excess of water.
To smooth or slick.
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Anyway, to make a long story short, here was this young kin of mine dressed in a white shirt and shoes and pale blue shorts standin' there with his hair slickered down, starin' at me.
To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.
Noun
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
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a person with good manners and stylish clothing
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someone who leads you to believe something that is not true