slum

[Slum]

A slum is a poor area of a big city. A slum is usually overcrowded and dirty, a discouraging place to live.

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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.

Noun
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

Verb
visit slums for entertainment or out of curiosity


n.
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.

n.
Same as Slimes.


Slum

Slum , 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. 2. pl. (Mining) Same as Slimes.

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.

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Usage Examples

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

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