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Definition of: slum
(slum) noun
A squalid, dirty, overcrowded street or section of a city, marked by the poverty and poor living conditions of its inhabitants.
—v.i. slummed, slum·ming To visit slums, as for reasons of curiosity or philanthropy. [<slang E, a room; ult. origin unknown]
—slum′mer noun
—slum′ming noun
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