| 单词 | city slicker |
| 释义 | > as lemmascity slicker city slicker n. colloquial or humorous and freq. depreciative (originally U.S.) a city-dweller who is sophisticated or smartly dressed, or who has urban manners or values (frequently also characterized as smooth-talking and untrustworthy). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > smart person a man of (the first) feather1592 pink1602 smart1709 flasher1755 swell1786 dasher1807 smarty1847 city slicker1914 Roy1960 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > cunning Gypsy1616 city slicker1914 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > smart or plausible rogue slicker1900 city slicker1914 1914 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 7 July 14/4 This lad..works like a regular city slicker, his clever heaving performances having made him one of the most popular ball players. 1924 Cosmopolitan Nov. 104/2 You reckon I'm a goin' tew give that city slicker back his option money? 1953 X. Fielding Stronghold iii. 45 The two city-slickers were travelling on business. 1959 Manch. Guardian 13 July 5/7 He was dressed like a city slicker, pointed brown shoes, trilby..cut-away waistcoat. 1970 Field & Stream Mar. 183/3 She must persuade her husband to give up his city-slicker job. 2003 M. Korda Horse People 271 It was the old story of the city slicker undone by the slow-talking country shrewdies. < as lemmas |
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