slick down

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slick down

verb slicks down · slicking down · slicked down

To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it. His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.

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@misc{slick_down_2026,
  title = {slick down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slick%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}