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SLUM

slum

(verb) spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one’s own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; “attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

slummed

simple past tense and past participle of slum

Source: Wiktionary


SLUM

Slum, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: Same as Slimes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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