Usually means: Rainproof coat for wet weather.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word slicker:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. slicker: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slicker: Merriam-Webster
  3. slicker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. slicker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. slicker: Collins English Dictionary
  6. slicker: Vocabulary.com
  7. Slicker, slicker: Wordnik
  8. slicker: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. slicker: Wiktionary
  10. slicker: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. slicker: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. slicker: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. slicker: Dictionary.com
  14. slicker: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. slicker: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Slicker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Slicker: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. slicker: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. slicker: Rhymezone
  20. Slicker: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. slicker: FreeDictionary.org
  22. slicker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. slicker: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slicker: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slicker: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. slicker, slicker: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. slicker: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. FASHION AND DESIGN (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  One who or that which slicks.
noun:  (originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
noun:  A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
noun:  (slang) A swindler or conman.
noun:  A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
noun:  (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
noun:  A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
noun:  A brush for grooming a cat or other pet and removing loose fur.
verb:  To slither, as on a slick surface.
verb:  To con or hoodwink.
verb:  To use a slicker on.
verb:  To smooth or slick.
verb:  To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.

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