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as in mack
a coat made of water-resistant material
he put on his slicker and boots and headed out into the rain
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as in cosmopolitan
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers
dressed in their designer duds, the out-of-state slickers stood out amongst the locals at the harvest supper
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Recent Examples of slicker
Check out the collection of some 200 historic small craft, the Blacksmith Shop, an 1851 American clipper ship, and the Tugboat Pilot House, where kids can don rain slickers and take the wheel of a tugboat.
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Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
Nation/World The city slickers fed up with rising egg prices have had questions for Samuel Dodds.
—Petula Dvorak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
The bathtub ring may be the emergency’s most visible manifestation—the drought equivalent of Don Lemon in a rain slicker, weathering gale-force winds in a megastorm.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2022
This fluid sends essential nutrients to the cartilage in a joint space, creating a slicker surface for joints.
—Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
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Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
Nation/World The city slickers fed up with rising egg prices have had questions for Samuel Dodds.
—Petula Dvorak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
The bathtub ring may be the emergency’s most visible manifestation—the drought equivalent of Don Lemon in a rain slicker, weathering gale-force winds in a megastorm.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2022
This fluid sends essential nutrients to the cartilage in a joint space, creating a slicker surface for joints.
—Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slicker
Noun
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Alas, Jewish skeptics of Zionism who preferred to think of themselves as cosmopolitans found no reprieve.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The adjective cosmopolitan only begins to describe Sajet, who has had important life experiences on four continents.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nested sets shouldn’t stand between you and your raincoat.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of health care workers walked the picket line outside the medical center in Roseville Tuesday morning, chanting and carrying signs, many wearing raincoats and ponchos.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For Foster’s second win, she was remade as a bona fide A-lister: a sleek Hollywood sophisticate with nothing to prove.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Friend is Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s class-conscious lament for how urban sophisticates (Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane) deny but can’t escape spiritual obligations.—
Armond White,
National Review,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Carve a trench next to a body of water and the liquid flows convincingly into the gap.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Macy wears a trench, and beneath it, a sheer negligee.—
Charlie Markbreiter,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mary Jane eventually found her muck boots and an oilskin jacket in the back of the hallway closet.—
Kate Walbert,
The New Yorker,
29 Nov. 2021
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The jean were presented alongside a collection of classic workwear with Japanese vintage details, and oilskin coat inspired by one of creative director Maria Heilmann’s vintage pieces, and handknitted pieces crafted from undyed llama.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Most trail running brands offer a choice of waterproof (typically Gore-Tex) or breathable models.—
Chris Haslam,
Wired News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Opt for something like these waterproof (and fireproof) document bags or plastic bins designed to keep water out.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Another mackintosh was hardly recognizable as clothing.—
Sam Kean,
Science | AAAS,
2 July 2021
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“Slicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slicker. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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