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slipstick

[ slip-stik ]
/ ˈslɪpˌstɪk /
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noun Informal.

slide rule.

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Origin of slipstick

First recorded in 1930–35; slip1 + stick1

Words nearby slipstick

slipslop, slipsole, slip something over on, slip stem, slip step, slipstick, slip stitch, slipstream, slipstreaming, slip through one's fingers, slip top
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Example sentences from the Web for slipstick

  • Want to tell our preoccupied slipstick and test-tube boys in the rim before we roll her, or just wait and see what happens?

    Where I Wasn't Going|Walt Richmond

  • But somebody produced a slipstick and began to juggle it expertly.

    Sand Doom|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
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