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slums
We have found lemma(root) word of slums : slum.
Definitions
[slʌm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people
(e.g: inner-city slums)
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Origin
:
early 19th century (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin
[slʌm], (Verb)
Definitions:
- spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes
(e.g: he bought some second-hand clothes, and slummed among the metropolis's underprivileged)
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Origin
:
early 19th century (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin
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