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sleekers

sleekers is the plural of sleeker.

Meaning of sleeker

Noun

sleeker (plural sleekers)

  1. An instrument for sleeking or making smooth.
    • The blackwashing is here to be the very last operation, and to be well performed, and when dry must be polished by a large sleeker fitting the circle of the cylinder.1852, Frederick Overman, The Moulder's and Founder's Pocket Guide, page 120

Questions about sleekers

What is sleekers the plural of?
Sleekers is the plural of sleeker.

Words near sleekers in the dictionary

  1. sleeken
  2. sleekened
  3. sleekening
  4. sleekens
  5. sleeker
  6. sleekers
  7. sleekest
  8. sleekier
  9. sleekiest
  10. sleeking
  11. sleekings

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