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slicksters

noun

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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Jahnke’s work features four panels depicting realistic images of local wildlife, including geese, raccoons, a fox and an owl.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
World Liberty is celebrating the major milestone, while critics worry this is a new wrinkle on the classic case of the fox guarding the henhouse that will give corporations and foreign actors a new way to stealthily curry favor with the White House.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of foxes

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Reynolds sees the same versatility play out across a single day, from denim and sneakers in the morning to a black cocktail dress by evening, the necklace adjusting its register without ever losing its polish.

— Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Alba, and more stars have stepped out in Adidas sneakers.

— Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sneakers

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