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Definition: | (noun) A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. |
Synonyms: | oilskin |
Usage: | It was pouring all day, but thanks to my new slicker, I stayed nice and dry. |
![]() ![]() US President Grover Cleveland Gets Married in the White House (1886)Though President Cleveland entered the White House a notorious bachelor—having allegedly fathered a child out of wedlock—he did not remain single for long. Having become the executor of his deceased law partner's estate a decade earlier, Cleveland had supervised the upbringing of his partner's daughter, Frances. She visited him in the White House in 1885, and the two were married in the Blue Room a year later, making him the only president to be married there. He was how many years her senior? More... Discuss |