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slicker

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darby, derby slicker
1. A float tool used in plastering, either wood or metal, about 4 in. (10 cm) wide and about 42 in. (approx. 1 m) long, with two handles; used to float or level the plaster base coat prior to application of the finish coat, or to level the plaster finish coat before floating or troweling.
2. A hand-manipulated straightedge usually 3 to 8 ft (1 to 2.5 m) long, used in the early-stage leveling operations of concrete finishing to supplement floating.
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Byline: By Chris Roberts Big Mick Slicker today put the disappointment of his side's Challenge Cup semi-final exit behind him and signed a new two-year deal with the Giants.
Slicker signs for bright Giants era by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
He said: ``It's a lot slicker moving the ball about.
Football: PASS MARKS FOR NEW PARS PITCH by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
THE Mirror newspaper's City Slickers columnists Anil Bhoyrul and James Hipwell have left the company following "disciplinary procedures," publishing group Trinity Mirror said.
Mirror writers leave by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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