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CITY SLICKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does city slicker mean?
• CITY SLICKER (noun)
The noun CITY SLICKER has 1 sense:
1. a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing
Familiarity information: CITY SLICKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
city boy; city slicker
Hypernyms ("city slicker" is a kind of...):
slicker (a person with good manners and stylish clothing)
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