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Recent Examples of slickster
Anyone from a Hollywood Goth to a streetwear enthusiast to your average Hollywood slickster looking for something streamlined and stylish will find something here.
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Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2022
The jive talker, the role of slang-slinging slickster, has been picked up by Slick, Junkyard Dog and the Godfather.
—Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 1 Sep. 2017
Tom Parker-like showbiz slickster, believed in success by way of publicity-generating spectacle.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2016
Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2022
The jive talker, the role of slang-slinging slickster, has been picked up by Slick, Junkyard Dog and the Godfather.
—Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 1 Sep. 2017
Tom Parker-like showbiz slickster, believed in success by way of publicity-generating spectacle.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slickster
Noun
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The European far right is skillfully seizing the moment, promising an agricultural overhaul and a chance to stick it to the city slickers.—
Emily Rauhala,
Washington Post,
11 Apr. 2024
Noun
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And Eli was, at times, a bit of a rascal.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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In the process of the deal going bad, Vince presumably kills a man with his car, but since it’s never mentioned again during the course of the series, he’s allowed to be treated as a lovable rascal.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nelson is a Willy Loman, a failing wheeler-dealer and big talker with no game to back him up.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Imagine what a shrewd, wheeler-dealer type could do with the Pirates.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That said, the shag, the slick back, ratty bangs, the French bob and strawberry-blond hair coloring are poised to be the top aesthetics this autumn.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the slicks! Australian director Baz Luhrmann was at the Canadian film festival TIFF to present his new documentary about American royalty, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match.—
Jori Epstein,
USA TODAY,
18 Aug. 2021
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Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2019
Noun
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The train includes views of wildflowers, geologic formations, deer, antelope, elk, fox, eagles, and sometimes even bears.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Eventually, Jerry — a civil engineer — joined in too, saving his leftovers for the fox.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The rogue planet, which does not orbit any star, is called Cha 1107-7626 and is outside of our solar system, 620 light-years from Earth in the Chamaeleon constellation.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their findings indicate that the formation of at least some rogue planets may bear a similarity to that of stars.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Slickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slickster. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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