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slick·er

(slĭk′ər)

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)

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

slick•er

(ˈslɪk ər)

n.

1. a long, loose oilskin raincoat.

2. any raincoat.

3. Informal.

a. a swindler; a sly cheat.

b. city slicker.

[1880–85, Amer.]

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 oilskin mac, mack, mackintosh, macintosh - a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
	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 true beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, cheat offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law bluffer, 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 decoy, steerer - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) dodger, slyboots, fox - a shifty deceptive person double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, betrayer - a person who says one thing and does another defalcator, embezzler, peculator - someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use falsifier - someone who falsifies finagler, wangler - a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods 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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imbroglione

slicker

[ˈslɪkəʳ] N

1. (= person) → embaucador(a) m/f, tramposo/a m/f
city slicker → capitalino/a m/f

2. (US) (= coat) = oilskins

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slicker

[ˈslɪkə^r] n (US) → ciré m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

slicker

n (US)

(= coat) → Regenjacke f

(inf, = swindler) → Gauner m (inf), → Ganove m (inf)

? city slicker

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