Imagine a tall young fellow, with a thin face, lantern jaws, and long hair 'slicked' down on either side. From Wordnik.com. [Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp] Reference
Another person was killed on the rain-slicked roads. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2008] Reference
He's 25 with slicked-back hair and hollow, haunted eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Gaza Youth Yearn For Normalcy, Haunted By War] Reference
Ted smoothed his left hand over his slicked back gray hair. From Wordnik.com. [Propped Up] Reference
ROBERTS: Looking very young with that slicked by 'do there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2007] Reference
His hair was slicked back, held in place with a red bananna. From Wordnik.com. [BORDER JUSTICE] Reference
Though folks don't generally mistrust it when I'm slicked up. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878] Reference
"How we are slicked up!" he exclaimed, "and it isn't Sunday, either!". From Wordnik.com. [Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories] Reference
He's nice looking and wears his hair slicked back like patent leather. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
But demand for Gulf seafood has shrunk amid images of oil-slicked waters. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Plume From Spill Persists, Data Show] Reference
This oil-slicked section of the Mississippi is home to many wild residents. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2008] Reference
A make-up artist fusses with Hamm's slicked-back hair as he sits very still. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Ganahl: Jon Hamm on the Set of Howl] Reference
S. O'BRIEN: That's true, don't have it completely slicked down like he does. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2005] Reference
Wally hated his fancy S&K suits and always shiny shoes and slicked back hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Car Lot] Reference
His hair, normally neatly oiled and slicked, stuck out like frayed broom-straw. From Wordnik.com. [A Place so Foreign] Reference
They're navigating ice-slicked roads and bundling up against bone-chilling winds. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2009] Reference
It's not like a slicked over, here are the main spots in a city, come take a look. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2007] Reference
His slicked-back hair is still ink-black, and his glasses are still as big as saucers. From Wordnik.com. [Turning The Page] Reference
The hair on his chest is slicked against his skin and sweat glistens on his beer belly. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Words] Reference
His hair was slicked down extra tight, too, and he kept gazing down into his new store hat. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
Now sling out the duds you've got here, and I'll pack them while you are getting slicked up. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
The floor was dirty -- very dirty -- and was never slicked up from one week's end to another. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Stories] Reference
Water slicked the surface of the ledge, and Travis pushed her back against the wall of the cliff. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
Runoff from the long driveway turned our ice-slicked mountain road into a skating rink during the winters. From Wordnik.com. [Tina Traster: One's Man's Hubris Is Another Man's Flood] Reference
Each year, they say, more than 600 people slip on the city's doggy-slicked streets and land in the hospital. From Wordnik.com. [O To Be A Dog In Paris!] Reference
They've all come to see Albita, the androgynous Cuban diva with the slicked-back hair and brightly painted lips. From Wordnik.com. [A Diva From Old Havana] Reference
"Lost" - ies can continue their restful recuperation and frond reminiscing with "Hawaii Five-0," the slicked-up remake. From Wordnik.com. [As the network onslaught begins, what if the TV critic picked out shows just for you?] Reference
Mr. Stavro, who let them in, was a man with slicked down white hair and a matching carnation in the lapel of his brown suede suit. From Wordnik.com. [The Gift of the 12th Congressional District of Michigan] Reference
In a world where people are now willing to wear gloves on their feet, your awful, sweat-slicked gnome clogs seem almost forgivable. From Wordnik.com. [The Sole of America] Reference
He had just a few wisps of hair left near the back of his head, slicked back with something which made it almost as shiny as his pate. From Wordnik.com. [Colin Summers: Learning to Draw] Reference
Physically, the bor -- ing bird's got a slicked-back coiffure in place of the old rumpled one, and his black eyes have morphed to green. From Wordnik.com. [Woody Gets A '90S Makeover] Reference
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