slum
Pronunciation: (slum), [key] — n., v., slummed, slum•ming.
—n. - Often,a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- any squalid, run-down place to live.
—v.i. - to visit slums, esp. from curiosity.
- to visit or frequent a place, group, or amusement spot considered to be low in social status.
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