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slicksters

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plural of slickster

as in knaves

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Try for yourselves, ye witless knaves— Take each to bed your Sally!

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Definition of knaves

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City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
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

Definition of slickers

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Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.

— Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of rascals

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In place of San Francisco’s decaying arts bohemia of poseurs and charlatans, they can be said to be creating an alternate bohemia.

— Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Others estimate that $500 billion in federal spending is diverted by charlatans each year.

— Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026

Definition of charlatans

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Stewart stayed strong on her go-to outfit formula in a black Dickies jacket, vintage tee, silk shorts, and Converse high-top sneakers, with the bomber jacket also featuring a red pocket accent.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026
By 2004, Michael, Magic and Bird had officially hung up their sneakers, and the NBA was failing during its critical crossroads.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

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