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slicker|ˈslɪkə(r)|
[f. slick a. or v.]
1. a. A tool used for scraping or smoothing leather. (Cf. sleeker.)
1851–3Tomlinson Cycl. Arts & Manuf. (1867) II. 34/1 The cylinder drags the hide under the governor, which acts similarly to a slicker. 1860― Arts & Manuf. Ser. ii. Leather 20 It is..well rubbed with a smooth lump of glass called a ‘slicker’. 1885Harper's Mag. Jan. 277 The hides are ‘whitened’ by scraping them with a whitening slicker.
b. A tool used for smoothing the surfaces of moulds in founding.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2208/1.
2. orig. and chiefly U.S. A waterproof overcoat; spec. a loose-fitting oilskin outer garment, usu. of a bright yellow or orange colour.
1884Harper's Mag. July 300/1 Carry..a rubber pillow, and a ‘slicker’. 1888Home Missionary (N.Y.) May 14, I put on my thick overcoat, then a duster, and over them my slicker. 1910C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xx. 126 After throwing his saddle on his horse he went back to the house to get his ‘slicker’, a yellow water-proof coat. 1953M. Peake Mr Pye xxii. 176 Tintagieu..now wore a black oilskin slicker. 1971N.Z. Listener 19 Apr. 56/5 One was a nuggety bloke in a sou'-wester, oilskin slicker, and bowyangs. 1978R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant iii. 43 Police and maintenance crews were everywhere, distinguished from one another by the contrasting black and orange of their slickers.
3. = city slicker s.v. city 9. orig. and chiefly U.S.
1900‘J. Flynt’ Notes Itinerant Policeman iii. 62 Pick⁓pockets!.. You just bring the slickers in. 1932J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan vi. 230 Swan, the slicker, who wore a tout's gray checked suit with narrow-cuffed trousers [etc.]. 1936Sat. Morning Advertiser (Durant, Okla.) 14 Mar. 1/3 (heading) ‘Slicker’ insurance agents better be a bit wary now. 1946Wodehouse Money in Bank xii. 106 I'm going to put it across that slicker..if it's the last thing I do. 1978Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 15/4 He becomes a sort of Midnight Cowboy, lost and confused by the slickers around him.
4. U.S. = silver-fish 2.
1902L. O. Howard Insect Bk. 380 (Order Thysanura.) The insects of this order are usually of very small size... They comprise the little insects known as springtails, bristletails, fishmoths or slickers. 1962Metcalf & Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) xix. 905 The silverfish or slicker..is uniform, silvery or greenish gray.
Hence as v. trans., to cheat; to defeat by being ‘slick’.
1935H. Davis Honey in Horn xxii. 376 His entertainment had mostly been swindling and slickering them. 1971Laver & Collins Educ. Tennis Player xiii. 157 It happens all the time, an older, less powerful team who understand the principles of doubles slickering a couple of youths who might be considerably superior in singles. 1974Tel. (Brisbane) 4 Sept. 30/4, I thrive on guys who try to slicker me. 1979Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 May 41/8 What was it Charlie had said about being slickered? |