slipstick

American  

[slip-stik] / ˈslɪpˌstɪk /

noun

Informal.

1. slide rule.

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Etymology

Origin of slipstick

First recorded in 1930–35; slip ¹ + stick ¹

Example Sentences

I don't know how your slipstick boys cracked our code and picked that message up," he said, "and I don't really care.

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But eventually, even the Space Service gets around to putting two and two together on the slipstick.

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

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

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Obviously his men included at least some of these slipstick boys—and he would command the loyalty of them all, since he was somewhat of their ilk himself.

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