SLUM
ADJECTIVES
► BAG-BLIND socially contemptible, very low-class, slum-dwelling → 20C W. Indies sl.
► SLUMMNG visiting a slum area out of curiosity → 1900s African-American sl.
► SLUMMY given to frequenting slums; pert. to slums → M19
ADVERBS
► BEHIND THE BRIDGE in any ghetto or slum → 1992 Trinidad and Tobago
NOUNS
► BAD LANDS a dangerous slum section of a city, esp. Chicago → 1892 Amer. sl.
► BILLY-GOAT ALLEY the run-down or poor section of a town; a slummy place → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BILLY-GOAT HILL the run-down or poor section of a town; a slummy place → 1935 Amer. dial.
► CABBAGETOWN the poor area of a town; any run-down urban area; a slum → 1967 sl.
► SHANTY TOWN a poor or depressed area of a city or town, consisting of shanties or huts, etc.
► SLUM-BOX a typical example of slum housing → 1920s sl.
► STRING SLUM a row of unsightly buildings along the side of a road → 1939 US
► WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS a socially and economically inferior neighbourhood; the slums → 1943 Amer. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► SLUMMIE ► SLUMMY a slum dweller → M20
► YARDBOY a working-class youth, living in an urban slum → 1983 sl.
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