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Meaning of SLICKER

Pronunciation:  'slikur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
  2. [n]  someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  3. [n]  a person with good manners and stylish clothing
 
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 Synonyms: beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, oilskin, trickster
 
 See Also: betrayer, bluffer, charlatan, chiseler, chiseller, city boy, city slicker, counterfeiter, decoy, dissembler, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, fake, faker, falsifier, figurehead, finagler, forger, fortune hunter, four-flusher, fox, fraud, front, front man, gouger, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, imposter, impostor, liar, mac, macintosh, mack, mackintosh, man of the world, misleader, mountebank, nominal head, obscurantist, offender, phoney, phony, pretender, prevaricator, pseud, pseudo, role player, sandbagger, scammer, sham, shammer, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, slyboots, sophisticate, steerer, straw man, swindler, traitor, two-timer, utterer, wangler, wrongdoer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Slick"er\, n.
    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.
    
  2. \Slick"er\, n.
    A waterproof coat. [Western U.S.]
    
 

 

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