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slick
(redirected from slicker)

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*slick as a whistle
quickly and cleanly; quickly and skillfully. (*Also: as ~.) Tom took a broom and a mop and cleaned the place up as slick as a whistle. slick as a whistle, Sally pulled off the bandage.
See also: whistle

slick something down

to brush or comb down hair, usually with some sort of dressing or water. He used something gooey—grease or something—to slick his hair down. Please slick down your hair. You look a mess.

slick something up

to tidy up something or some place. I have to slick this house up a little. Please slick up this room before company gets here.
See also: up
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Byline: By Chris Roberts Big Mick Slicker today put the disappointment of his side's Challenge Cup semi-final exit behind him and signed a new two-year deal with the Giants.
Slicker signs for bright Giants era by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
He said: ``It's a lot slicker moving the ball about.
Football: PASS MARKS FOR NEW PARS PITCH by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
THE Mirror newspaper's City Slickers columnists Anil Bhoyrul and James Hipwell have left the company following "disciplinary procedures," publishing group Trinity Mirror said.
Mirror writers leave by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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