Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Slum

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Slum


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(1):

(n.) Same as Slimes.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(v. i.) To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc.