slickem
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A very fine waste material produced by hydraulic mining which tends to contaminate waterways.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A superlubricant packet or spray that can be used to reduce traction on surfaces or as a lubricant.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A long-chain polymer that is injected into oil pipelines to reduce turbulent flow.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An SLCM (sea-launched cruise missile).
Example Sentences
- "Turkington's bright mop of red hair had plainly never known slickem."
- "Well, old-timer, you begin to look to me like a guy who's left waiting at the church. Frock coat, white carnation, slickem on your curly locks, everything on hand but a bride."
- "...his black hair plastered down on both sides with slickem, and his natty siders halfway down his cheeks in the most approved shiek style."
- "Now one of the most engrossing questions in the politics of the State arises from the filling of the rivers and the destruction of the agricultural lands by the debris from these hydraulic mines. A dam on the Feather River, near Marysville, was authorized by the Legislature, and after the expenditure of half a million dollars its success is questioned, and "slickem" continues to muddy at least the political waters."
- "The miners generally expect to build their own dams. These dams will restrain the coarser material, but not the finest slickem."
- "While Such surfaces—known among mine Workers - as “slickem-slides”—are by no means uncommon, the Specimens here illustrated are perhaps unique in perfection and interest."
Etymology
From slick + 'em.