Category:Slum

Slum, n. Etym: [cf. Slump, n.]

1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, Dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood Or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, westminster slums are Haunts for theives. Dickens.

2. pl. (mining)

Defn: same as slimes.