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Chelsea Community Hospital in Chelsea(health)
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slick(4) (iou) and Chelsea pensioner (oh)


slick(4) (iou)



slick verb. ME.
[Prob. from Old English: see SLICK adjective & adverb Cf. SLEEK verb.]
a. verb trans. Make smooth or glossy; polish. ME.
Daily Telegraph The streets had been slicked by hours of rain.
b. verb trans. transf. Make elegant or fine. (Foll. by off, up.) ME.
c. verb trans. Remove by smoothing or polishing. Foll. by away, out. M17.
d. verb intrans. Smarten or tidy oneself up. US. M19.
verb trans. Make (the skin, hair, etc.) sleek or glossy, esp. by some special treatment; (foll. by back, down) pull back or flatten as part of this process. ME.
J. Blume His hair is short and slicked down. A. Lee I had slicked my hair back into a bun.

Chelsea pensioner (oh)



an old person who was once a soldier in the British army and who now lives in a special hospital in Chelsea. Chelsea pensioners wear special red clothes when they go out of the hospital.