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slick cam (uncountable)

1. (North Carolina Outer Banks dialect) Smooth water.
   • 2007, Terry L. Noble, Starting at Sea Level, →ISBN, page 71:

     "It's slick cam out here this morning," my father said, using the waterman's phrase for totally calm.

   • 2009, Country Life, volume 203, page 58:

     'It's a very slick cam out there today so oi don't expect you Dingbatters got very quamish?' enquired the Capt Birdseye lookalike at Ocracoke Island harbour.

   • 2013, Anna Gill, The Island Woman: A Chesapeake Story, →ISBN, page 160:

     “Looks like slick cam today, Cap'n.” Charles stared straight up at her. “Slick what?” “Slick cam. It means the water's as smooth as glass. I told you they speak differently over here.”