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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a slick man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is smooth, charming, or perhaps deceitful in their mannerisms or behavior.
Example: "He was known as a slick man, always able to talk his way out of trouble and win people over with his charisma."
Alternatives: "a smooth talker" or "a charming individual".
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A Clever Man Named Lalo Lalo Cervantes, the father of Eduardo, is a slick man with the dark copper skin of an Indian and a black mustache.
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One of the few County players still with the club after last season, midfielder Yan Klukowski, volleyed over the bar after a slick five-man move.
Donaldson beat the offside trap to tap in number four from close range, the ex-Crewe striker then firing the fifth after a slick, six-man passing move, Brad Inman had the visitors' only real glimpse of goal but sliced his effort wide when set up by Byron Moore.
After more than 14 years as art director of the rock 'n' roll bible Rolling Stone, the Mississippi native had arrived to do a makeover on the slick men's fashion publication GQ.
The myth is puffing its chest and fixing its tie and congratulating us just for getting here, sitting wide-eyed before a slick-haired man.
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