Wednesday's Word
formerly known as the "What're Words For..."
formerly known as the "What're Words For..."
Word: Slicker’n a smelt (adv.)
Definition: easily
Usage:
“We kept to the right-hand side in the rips below Russell’s Point, found the heavy water, and put that 20-foot Guide’s Model through there slicker’n a smelt.”
(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)
Labels: How to Talk Yankee, Wednesday's Word
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