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slum(1) (iou)



slum noun1. E19.
[Origin unkn. Cf. SLURB.]
I.
A room. slang. Long rare or obsolete. E19.
An overcrowded district of a town or city, having squalid housing conditions and inhabited by very poor people; a street situated in such a district (freq. in pl.). Also transf., a house materially unfit for human habitation. E19.
D. Hogan Men come from the slums of Dublin to the middle classes. attrib.: R. Alter An ugly, distended slum building.
II.
Nonsensical talk or writing. Also, Gypsy jargon or cant. slang. Long rare or obsolete. E19.
N. Amer.
a. Cheap or imitation jewellery. Criminals' slang. E20.
b. Cheap prizes at a fair, carnival, etc. E20.
Comb.: slum clearance the demolition of slums, usu. accompanied by the rehousing of the inhabitants; slumland the slums of a town or city; slum landlord: who lets slum property to tenants; slumlord US = slum landlord above.
slumdom noun (the inhabitants of) slums collectively; the condition or character of these: L19.
slumism noun the existence of slums; deprivation associated with life in the slums: M20.
slumless adjective containing no slums E20.