slipstick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of slipstick
Example Sentences
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Ambitious workers?from hard-hat musclemen to round-shouldered slipstick artists were already clamoring to work under the Brooklyn-born straw boss.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both his tie and his crop of snow-white hair are usually a little askew, but his mind is as precise as an engineer's slipstick.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Cal and Cal Tech, Oppie had been at home with the blackboard and the slipstick.
From Time Magazine Archive
I don't know how your slipstick boys cracked our code and picked that message up," he said, "and I don't really care.
From Where I Wasn't Going by Walt Richmond
Want to tell our preoccupied slipstick and test-tube boys in the rim before we roll her, or just wait and see what happens?
From Where I Wasn't Going by Walt Richmond
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