slickster

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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. 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
  • How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?
    W.E. Gutman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And Eli was, at times, a bit of a rascal.
    David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Imagine what a shrewd, wheeler-dealer type could do with the Pirates.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That creamy spread gets sandwiched between tortillas, topped with cheese, and fried in a slick of oil until crisp.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Will Richard scored three points and had a slick behind-the-back assist to Trayce Jackson-Davis for a third-quarter dunk.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The saddle is typical of the period and would have been used for both pleasure riding and vigorous pursuits such as fox hunting, Brown said.
    Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But when a famous author sneaks into town and a body is found in his penthouse apartment, cunning fox investigator Vera Vixen must piece together what happened.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While en route, a rogue AI called PAL (Olivia Colman) commanders an army of robots to launch a worldwide rebellion against humanity.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Look out for these signs that your face products have gone rogue.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Slickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slickster. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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