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slick cam

slick cam noun: smooth water.

Noun

slick cam (uncountable)

  1. (North Carolina Outer Banks dialect) Smooth water.
    • "It's slick cam out here this morning," my father said, using the waterman's phrase for totally calm.2007, Terry L. Noble, Starting at Sea Level, →ISBN, page 71
    • 'It's a very slick cam out there today so oi don't expect you Dingbatters got very quamish?' enquired the Capt Birdseye lookalike at Ocracoke Island harbour.2009, Country Life, volume 203, page 58

Origin of slick cam

The second word is possibly related to calm.

Questions about slick cam

What does slick cam mean?
Slick cam means smooth water.
What part of speech is slick cam?
Slick cam is a noun.

Words near slick cam in the dictionary

  1. slicings
  2. slick
  3. slick as a whistle
  4. slick as snot
  5. slick back
  6. slick cam
  7. slick down
  8. slick rick
  9. slick ricks
  10. slick up
  11. Slick Willie

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