SQUALID
ADJECTIVES
► AVERN squalid, filthy → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANGY squalid, beggarly, lousy, poverty-stricken, shabby → 1538
► SCRUBBED squalid, insignificant → 1688 obs.
NOUNS
► BEDBUG ALLEY ► BEDBUG ROW a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BLOOD-HOUSE a squalid, disreputable establishment, usually a bar, pub., café, or hotel → 19C Aust. sl.
► DUNGEON a dark or squalid room, building, etc. likened to a prison dungeon → 1782
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