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Definition of 'slum'Noun
( en-noun)
A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
- Go to the half built-upon slums behind Battlebridge [...] you will find groups of boys [...] squatting in the mud, among the rubbish, the broken bricks, the dust-heaps, and the fragments of timber [...].
:*Charles Dickens, Gambling .
Derived terms
* slumdog
* slumdom
Related terms
* ghetto
* Hell's Kitchen
* shantytown
Verb
(slumm)
To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
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