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Slickers in a sentence

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Slickers | Slicker

Slickers meaning

plural of slicker

Using Slickers

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of slicker
  • In the example corpus, slickers often appears in combinations such as: city slickers.

Context around Slickers

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

city 6× rain 1×

Often after:

yet 1× guy 1× 1991 1× business 1× recorded 1×

Sentence patterns with Slickers

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

comedy city slickers 1991 which 1× enough city slickers ii the 1× his city slickers in a 1× his city slickers recorded so 1× may be slickers or country 1× of city slickers business tycoons 1× pullovers and slickers yet 1× scarves rain slickers and whatever 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and islanders shouldn 1× crystal then starred 1× dogpatch residents regularly 1× in popular music 1× part of your 1× surprisingly enough city 1×

Common sentence endings:

after the game 1× and slickers yet 1× hemiteleia in 1950 1× needed for travel 1× perhaps the us 1× second golden globe 1×

Words around Slickers

Just before it in the word index:

slicker 21 slicked 37 slick 408 slicing 123 slices 408 slicers 4

Just after it in the word index:

slickest 4 slickly 17 slickness 4 slicks 17 slid 420 slide 1.610

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Slickers

  • In this selection, "slickers" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, city, rain, yet, guy and 1991 stand out and add context to how "slickers" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include comedy city slickers 1991 which and enough city slickers ii the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "slickers" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with slickers

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The City Slickers guy. (4 words)

And Islanders shouldn’t put away the fleece pullovers and slickers yet. (12 words)

They may be slickers or country bumpkins, they may live in Europe, or Asia, or perhaps the US. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Part of your “back to school” routine was your parents buying the ghastly snow suits, boots, mittens, scarves, rain slickers and whatever else the well-dressed young person needed for travel. (31 words)

Crystal then starred in the award-winning buddy comedy City Slickers (1991), which proved very successful both commercially and critically and for which Crystal was nominated for his second Golden Globe. (31 words)

Surprisingly enough, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold is one of those rare, great comedy sequels that just might be better than the original. (27 words)

Example sentences (9)

And Islanders shouldn’t put away the fleece pullovers and slickers yet.

Surprisingly enough, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold is one of those rare, great comedy sequels that just might be better than the original.

Part of your “back to school” routine was your parents buying the ghastly snow suits, boots, mittens, scarves, rain slickers and whatever else the well-dressed young person needed for travel.

The City Slickers guy.

They may be slickers or country bumpkins, they may live in Europe, or Asia, or perhaps the US.

Crystal then starred in the award-winning buddy comedy City Slickers (1991), which proved very successful both commercially and critically and for which Crystal was nominated for his second Golden Globe.

Dogpatch residents regularly combat the likes of city slickers, business tycoons, government officials and intellectuals with their homespun simplicity.

In popular music, Spike Jones and his City Slickers recorded "So 'Elp Me", based on rhyming slang (without the hemiteleia), in 1950.

Will Rogers lamented what the "Oregon apple knockers" had done to his "city slickers" in a column after the game.

Common combinations with slickers

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "slickers" in a sentence?
An example: "And Islanders shouldn’t put away the fleece pullovers and slickers yet." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "slickers" from authentic English texts.
What does "slickers" mean?
Slickers means: plural of slicker
How many example sentences with "slickers" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "slickers", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.