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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

slicker
    n 1: a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and
         pigment to make it waterproof [syn: oilskin, slicker]
    2: a person with good manners and stylish clothing
    3: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
       [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster,
       beguiler, slicker]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Slicker \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.
       [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Slicker \Slick"er\, n.
   A waterproof coat. [Western U.S.]
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for slicker:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abradant, abrasive, bunco artist, bunco steerer, burnish, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, cheat, cheater, city slicker, con artist, con man, confidence man, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, crimp, defrauder, diddler, double-dealer, flimflammer, gypper, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, lawn-roller, man of experience, man-about-town, mortgage shark, mountebank, pettifogger, pitchman, polish, roller, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster, sleeker, smooth, smoother, sophisticate, spieler, swindler, trickster

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