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Word: Slum
Speech Type: Noun
early 19th century (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin
slʌm
a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people
Short Definition:squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people
Examples:- inner-city slums
- the area was fast becoming a slum for the destitute
- slum areas
- slum dwellers
Word: Slum
Speech Type: Verb
slʌm
spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes
Short Definition:spend time at lower social level than one's own through curiosity
Examples:- he bought some second-hand clothes, and slummed among the metropolis's underprivileged
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