1 definition by Bloop1920
"A slicker."
"What the devil's that?"
"Well, it's something that that there's a lot of
them. You're not one, and neither am I, though I am
more than you are."
"Who is one? What makes you one?"
They spent two evenings getting an exact definition.
The slicker was good-looking or clean-locking', he had
brains, social brains, that is, and he used all means on
the broad path of honesty to get ahead, be popular, ad-
mired, and never in trouble. He dressed well, was par-
ticularly neat in appearance, and derived his name
from the fact that his hair was inevitably worn short,
soaked in water or tonic, parted in the middle, and
slicked back as the current of fashion dictated.
"What the devil's that?"
"Well, it's something that that there's a lot of
them. You're not one, and neither am I, though I am
more than you are."
"Who is one? What makes you one?"
They spent two evenings getting an exact definition.
The slicker was good-looking or clean-locking', he had
brains, social brains, that is, and he used all means on
the broad path of honesty to get ahead, be popular, ad-
mired, and never in trouble. He dressed well, was par-
ticularly neat in appearance, and derived his name
from the fact that his hair was inevitably worn short,
soaked in water or tonic, parted in the middle, and
slicked back as the current of fashion dictated.
by Bloop1920 July 22, 2017