Slicker
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Middle English (in the senses ‘glossy’ and ‘make smooth or glossy’): probably from Old English and related to Old Norse slíkr ‘smooth’; compare with sleek.
wiktionary
From the adjective slick.
From slick(“to smooth or make slick”) + -er.
etymonline
slicker (n.)
1851, "tool for smoothing leather," from slick (v.). Meaning "waterproof raincoat" is from 1884; sense of "clever and crafty person" is from 1900.