A black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, tie.
Evening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military dress or national costume.
A waterproof coat or jacket.
A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
A brush for grooming a cat and removing loose fur.
A swindler or conman.
A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
One who or that which slicks.
To slither, as on a slick surface.
To con or hoodwink.
To use a slicker on.
To smooth or slick.
To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.