city slicker

city slicker

n. Informal

A person with the sophisticated manner and dress traditionally associated by rural people with city dwellers.

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city slicker

n

1. a person with the sophistication often attributed to city people

2. a smooth tricky untrustworthy person

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cit′y slick′er

n.

usage: This term is usually used with disparaging intent, implying that the city dweller is slick, smooth-talking, cleverly deceptive, or ill-suited to a rural environment.

—n.

Usually Disparaging. (a term used by rural people to refer to a sophisticated, usu. smartly dressed city dweller.)

[1920–25, Amer.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

city slicker - a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing city boy slicker - a person with good manners and stylish clothing

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Translations

city slicker

[ˈsɪtɪˈslɪkəʳ] n (pej, fam) → cittadino/a sofisticato/a

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