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slicker
CIDE DICTIONARY
slicker, n.
That which makes smooth or sleek. [1913 Webster]
slicker, n.
A waterproof coat. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
slicker, n. US 1 colloq. a a plausible rogue. b a smart and sophisticated city-dweller (cf. city slicker).
2 a raincoat of smooth material.
2 a raincoat of smooth material.
THESAURUS
slicker
abradant, abrasive, bunco artist, bunco steerer, burnish, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, cheat, cheater, city slicker, con artist, con man, confidence man, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, crimp, defrauder, diddler, double-dealer, flimflammer, gypper, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, lawn-roller, man of experience, man-about-town, mortgage shark, mountebank, pettifogger, pitchman, polish, roller, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster, sleeker, smooth, smoother, sophisticate, spieler, swindler, tricksterFor further exploring for "slicker" in Webster Dictionary Online