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slippery slide
noun a piece of playground equipment with an inclined smooth slope for children to slide down. Compare slide, slippery dip.
Contributor's comments: Also commonly used in and around Melbourne.
Contributor's comments: Growing up in Brisbane we always used "slippery slide"
Contributor's comments: I said slippery slide as a child in 60s Sydney, but I think I got it from my Queensland parents. I think most Sydney kids said slippery dip.
Contributor's comments: I grew up in the Melbourne Region and we always called it a slippery dip. My father also came from the same region but my mother was a New Zealander. This may have introduced another variation to our use of words.