GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Slum (slŭm), 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.
   
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   2. pl. (Mining) Same as Slimes.
   
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   Slum (slŭm), v. i. To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc.  Also called go slumming. [Colloq.]
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]