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slip⋅stick

[slip-stik]
–noun Informal.
slide rule.

Origin:
1930–35; slip 1 + stick 1
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slipstick

  1. n.
    a slide rule. (Very common a few decades ago, a slide rule is a computing device that allowed the user to compute by positioning moveable scales printed on various sliding parts of the rule.) : Who carries a slipstick these days?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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