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slickings

slickings is the plural of slicking.

Meaning of slicking

Noun

slicking (plural slickings)

  1. A narrow vein of ore.
  2. (US, dialectal, historical) A whipping with a hickory switch.

Questions about slickings

What is slickings the plural of?
Slickings is the plural of slicking.

Words near slickings in the dictionary

  1. slickheads
  2. slicking
  3. slicking back
  4. slicking down
  5. slicking up
  6. slickings
  7. slickly
  8. slickness
  9. slicknesses
  10. slickrock
  11. slickrocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slickings (page history and authors); slicking (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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