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lick

noun C2
  1. An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks

Plural licks

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He then attempted to lick his master, and jumped upon his back.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 18 · B2
“I can lick the man that invented poverty.”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 16 · C1
You know I used to be a good cook; do you recollect how you used to lick your fingers?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 830 · C1

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