| Slicker 1. (n.) That which makes smooth or sleek. 2. (n.) A kind of burnisher for leather. 3. (n.) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern. 4. (n.) A waterproof coat. Thesaurus Entries abradant, abrasive, bunco artist, bunco steerer, burnish, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, cheat, cheater, city slicker, con artist, con man, confidence man, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, crimp, defrauder, diddler, double-dealer, flimflammer, gypper, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, lawn-roller, man of experience, man-about-town, mortgage shark, mountebank, pettifogger, pitchman, polish, roller, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster, sleeker, smooth, smoother, sophisticate, spieler, swindler, trickster | ![]() |