"slick cam" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "The second word is possibly related to calm.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2007, Terry L. Noble, Starting at Sea Level, →ISBN, page 71:",
          "text": "\"It's slick cam out here this morning,\" my father said, using the waterman's phrase for totally calm.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Country Life, volume 203, page 58:",
          "text": "'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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Anna Gill, The Island Woman: A Chesapeake Story, →ISBN, page 160:",
          "text": "“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.”",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Anola Pickett, Whisper Island, →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"Suit yourself. It'll be near two hours afore I head back. The Sound is slick cam today. Should be a smooth trip over to the island.\"",
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      "glosses": [
        "Smooth water."
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        [
          "Smooth",
          "smooth"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "North Carolina Outer Banks dialect",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North Carolina Outer Banks dialect) Smooth water."
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  "word": "slick cam"
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  "etymology_text": "The second word is possibly related to calm.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Terry L. Noble, Starting at Sea Level, →ISBN, page 71:",
          "text": "\"It's slick cam out here this morning,\" my father said, using the waterman's phrase for totally calm.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Country Life, volume 203, page 58:",
          "text": "'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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Anna Gill, The Island Woman: A Chesapeake Story, →ISBN, page 160:",
          "text": "“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.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Anola Pickett, Whisper Island, →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"Suit yourself. It'll be near two hours afore I head back. The Sound is slick cam today. Should be a smooth trip over to the island.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Smooth water."
      ],
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        ],
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          "water",
          "water"
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        "(North Carolina Outer Banks dialect) Smooth water."
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  "word": "slick cam"
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