city slicker

English - Turkish

Definition of city slicker in English Turkish dictionary

şehir yağmurluk

English - English

Definition of city slicker in English English dictionary

One accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle or unsuited to life in the country

They were a couple of city slickers and if they had seen a cow before, they certainly didn't act like it.

a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing

If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life. the city slickers in the capital. A person with the sophisticated manner and dress traditionally associated by rural people with city dwellers. someone who lives and works in a city and has no experience of anything outside it - often used to show disapproval (slicker from slick (19-20 centuries), from SLICK)

{i} (Informal) person from a large city who is overly sophisticated, stylish and sophisticated city person, sophisticated city dweller

Related Terms

city slickers

plural form of city slicker

Hyphenation

Ci·ty slick·er

Turkish pronunciation

sîti slîkır

Synonyms

big-city person, city boy, city dweller, metropolitan, townie, urbanite

Pronunciation

/ˈsətē ˈsləkər/ /ˈsɪtiː ˈslɪkɜr/