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slickster

American  
[slik-ster] / ˈslɪk stər /

noun

Slang.
  1. a crafty and opportunistic or deceitful person; hustler; swindler.


Etymology

Origin of slickster

First recorded in 1960–65; slick + -ster


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Concluding that keeping to the straight and narrow path yields little reward, Jimmy turns down a promising position at a large firm and flirts with falling back into his former slickster ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016

He’s a more sympathetic, more interesting character than we knew from Breaking Bad, more than just an ethically challenged slickster in a cheap suit.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2016

The most #SXSW thing that happens comes when a 20-something slickster named Jordan claims to be a fan in order to be invited on stage.

From The Verge ● Mar. 16, 2015

By the time the show ended, he’d become a Nashville slickster would-be, with exaggerated gestures and bulging swagger.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2011

He shares some DNA with the yuppie slickster that Ryan Howard evolved into in the fourth season of The Office.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2011

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