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slum  (slm)
n.
A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Often used in the plural.
intr.v. slummed, slum·ming, slums
To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement.
Idiom:
slum it
To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to.
[Origin unknown.]
slummer n.
slummy adj.


slum  /slm/  n. part of a city where poor people live in bad housing, often with lots of crime (singular for a building, plural for a larger area): She saved money and moved away from the slums so her kids could have a better life. slum
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