26984 words

slumming

5 definitions • 6 examples
1
a very poor and crowded area, especially of a city:

Examples:

an inner-city slum
She was brought up in the slums of Lima.
2
a very untidy or dirty place:

Examples:

This house would be an absolute slum if I wasn't here to clean it.
3
to spend time in conditions that are much less good than the standard that you are used to:

Examples:

We ran out of money on holiday and had to slum it in cheap hostels.
4
a very poor and crowded area of a city:

Examples:

She works with children in a rough New Jersey slum.
5
to visit a slum, or to work doing something that is not suitable:

Examples:

Did you feel you were slumming by writing this kind of popular fiction?

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