slicker

slick·er

S0472800 (slĭk′ər)n.1. 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.

slicker

(ˈslɪkə) n1. informal a sly or untrustworthy person (esp in the phrase city slicker)2. (Clothing & Fashion) US and Canadian a shiny raincoat, esp an oilskin3. (Tools) a small trowel used for smoothing the surfaces of a mould ˈslickered adj

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slicker - a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproofoilskinmac, mack, mackintosh, macintosh - a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
	2.	slicker - a person with good manners and stylish clothingcity boy, city slicker - a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothingman of the world, sophisticate - a worldly-wise person
	3.	slicker - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truebeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, cheatoffender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil lawbluffer, four-flusher - a person who tries to bluff other peoplechiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler, gouger - a person who swindles you by means of deception or frauddecoy, steerer - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)dodger, slyboots, fox - a shifty deceptive persondouble-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, betrayer - a person who says one thing and does anotherdefalcator, embezzler, peculator - someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own usefalsifier - someone who falsifiesfinagler, wangler - a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methodscounterfeiter, forger - someone who makes copies illegallyfortune hunter - a person who seeks wealth through marriagefront man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, figurehead, front - a person used as a cover for some questionable activitydissembler, 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 motivesimitator, impersonator - someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of anotherfaker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake - a person who makes deceitful pretensesliar, prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedlymisleader - someone who leads astray (often deliberately)charlatan, mountebank - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokesobscurantist - a person who is deliberately vaguesandbagger - someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of youtwo-timer - someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody elseutterer - someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins

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