Pronunciation : Slum
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [CF. Slump, n.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913