Always carry a rain slicker, both for rain, snow or just plain old wind. From Wordnik.com. [Out Cold] Reference
All his brother wore under his slicker was an undershirt and pajama bottoms. From Wordnik.com. [Rot & Ruin] Reference
FRANKEN: You're the new meaning of the term city slicker, which is (INAUDIBLE). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2006] Reference
The slicker was a definite element of success, differing intrinsically from the prep school "big man.". From Wordnik.com. [This Side of Paradise] Reference
The slicker was a definite element of success, differing intrinsically from the prep school “big man.”. From Wordnik.com. [This Side of Paradise] Reference
He tells her not to worry, that he’ll be right back, but we notice that when he puts on his rain slicker, he has a rifle. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
This city slicker is learning how to garden!. From Wordnik.com. [Farm Journal: Meditations Over the Onions] Reference
A rubber overcoat is a "slicker," and a native pony is a "broncho.". From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 10, October, 1889] Reference
Overall, by virtue of the production and mixing, it feels a lot "slicker" than their previous albums. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
I can only speculate that it's one of the few things they truly own and are determined not to let someone "slicker" it away from them. From Wordnik.com. [Slush Slush who wants some Slush!] Reference
He was watching the man in the "slicker" through moody eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollow of Her Hand] Reference
Not a real man, but some kind of slicker in an expensive suit. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
A man in a shiny "slicker" was pushing a sweep and shovel in the centre of the thoroughfare. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollow of Her Hand] Reference
He stretched himself, took the final, reluctant look of the artist at the "slicker" man, and moved away. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollow of Her Hand] Reference
Was she deeper -- "slicker," as he phrased it to himself -- than he had thought, or had he really misunderstood her?. From Wordnik.com. ['Me--Smith'] Reference
"slicker," sou'wester, and rubber boots, clumped forth in search of the suitcase. From Wordnik.com. [Galusha the Magnificent] Reference
But she put on the slicker and started for the door. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
Instead of replying he said: "You've got a slicker on?". From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
The photographs this time showed another, slicker India. From Wordnik.com. [Bharati Chaturvedi: Struck Off the Posters] Reference
Dey air slick by natur 'and der bizness makes 'em slicker. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
"How to Sell" is outrageous, theatrical and slicker than oil. From Wordnik.com. [The Bling Is The Thing] Reference
Then she put up a lunch and stowed it in the pocket of her slicker. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
She folded the slicker lengthwise and threw it across her shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
Only a little slicker an 'better lookin' -- same star an 'white hind foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Zeep's four-year-old nephew could come up with something slicker than that!. From Wordnik.com. [Colin Powell's UN Clown Show] Reference
Then he sat down in the middle, crushing the slicker deep into the spring bloom. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
"Smitt went to bat for her, and you know that ol 'boy is slicker that a minnows' peter.". From Wordnik.com. [LOVE IS NOT THE ONLY THING] Reference
“Why do I buy you the slicker when you run home in shirtsleeves?”. From Wordnik.com. [Old Egg] Reference
Ye can revive a bank by man-made laws, but hit takes more than a slicker to keep hit goin '. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
'He's a little slicker than yours -- that's all -- better groomed than the one in yo' barn. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The large-hearted and healthy Lena had put all this into the package rolled into the slicker. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
But the English-speaking version is likely to be smoother, slicker and altogether less Swedish. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Who Played With Fire] Reference
Some examples: He has had cosmetic surgery to give his face "a slicker, almost European visage.". From Wordnik.com. [The Tour, The Money, The Magic] Reference
As the door opened, the much darker and slicker oligochaeta slithered into the lepidoptera home. From Wordnik.com. [Caterpillars in love.] Reference
The next day he came back leading the black, slicker an 'hence no-counter than ever, if possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Then, in spite of the early hour, he took a stiff "bracer," and throwing on his slicker, went out. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
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