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slickered

slickered adjective: wearing a slicker (coat). Also the simple past and past participle of slicker.

Adjective

slickered (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a slicker (coat)
    • The slickered brat, given a burnt siena replacement (my favorite color), then proceeded to chew it into flaking, disintegrating chunks.2006, Arno Herwerth, Ants in My RV, →ISBN, page 40
    • The slickered figure lifted a hand and pushed back his hood to reveal a shock of whiteblond hair above a weatherbeaten face that might once have been pale.2012, Jessica Andersen, Body Search, →ISBN
  2. Dressed in a stylish and fancy manner.
    • No slickered stranger rides down the arroyo, jingles to the bar and thumps for booze.1994, John Woods, Black Marigolds, →ISBN, page 38
    • Got all slickered up, tipped my hat just right/Was goin' out to get married, it's saturday night2010, Robert W. Anderson, Pure Country Poetry: Andybob's Modern Heartland Mix, →ISBN, page 133
  3. Smooth and shiny.
    • One of the waitresses, with wheat-blonde hair and large, mobile, slickered lips and very long lashes, adjusted Gus's tie.2015, Janette Hospital, Borderline, →ISBN, page 312

Also used as

slickered is also the simple past and past participle of slicker.

Origin of slickered

From slicker + -ed.

Questions about slickered

What does slickered mean?
Slickered means wearing a slicker (coat).
What part of speech is slickered?
Slickered is an adjective.

Words near slickered in the dictionary

  1. slickensided
  2. slickensides
  3. slicker
  4. slicker brush
  5. slicker brushes
  6. slickered
  7. slickering
  8. slickers
  9. slickest
  10. slickhead
  11. slickheads

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