Fiddy Free Online Dictionary
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Slum \Slum\ (sl[u^]m), n. [CF. {Slump}, n.]
1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a
poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any
low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the
plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.
--Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Mining) Same as {Slimes}.
[1913 Webster]
poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any
low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the
plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.
--Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Mining) Same as {Slimes}.
[1913 Webster]
Slum \Slum\ (sl[u^]m), v. i.
To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for
purposes of study, etc. Also called {go slumming}. [Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
purposes of study, etc. Also called {go slumming}. [Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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