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Slum
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a squalid, dirty street or quarter in a city, town or village, inhabited by the very poor, destitute or criminal classes; over-crowding is frequently another characteristic (see Housing). The word is a comparatively recent one and is of uncertain origin. It has been doubtfully connected with a dialectal use of "slump" in the sense of a marshy, swampy place; cf. Ger. Schlamm, mud, and Eng. dialect slammock, slattern (Skeat, Etym. Dict., 1910).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Slum'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/slum.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Slum'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/slum.html. 1910.
