slickum

slickum

slang Any hair product, especially oil or pomade, used to slick one's hair down and hold it in place. He had so much slickum in his hair that not even a tornado would have mussed it up! I hate running my fingers through his hair because they come out covered in slickum.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

slickum

(ˈslɪkəm)
n. hair dressing, especially if thick and heavy. What kind of slickum do you have on your hair—bear grease? His hair was plastered down with slickum, and he looked like something in an old movie.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • part (one's) hair
  • part hair
  • plaster
  • plaster (one's) hair down
  • plaster hair down
  • plastered
  • plastering
  • run (one's) hand through (one's) hair
  • put (one's) hair up
  • put hair up
References in periodicals archive
Another good place was in the flat woods, known as Slickum.
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These include sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCM's, or "slickums" to those in the trade), low-level bombers, and even emplaced bombs smuggled into the country.