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slum

noun

  1. a usually heavily populated area of a city, characterized by poverty, poor housing, etc.
  2. something considered to be like a slum, as in being dilapidated or dirty

intransitive verb slummed, slumming

to visit or tour slums, esp. for reasons held to be condescending

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See slum in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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