Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tom slick n.

[Tom n.3 + slick n.1 (2); i.e. they charm their friends and inform on them to the police]

(US black) a black police informer.

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[US]E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 36: Such expressions as [...] Tom slick signal a deep level of contempt and resentment.