Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - slum

n. & v. --n. 1 an overcrowded and squalid back street, district, etc., usu. in a city and inhabited by very poor people. 2 a house or building unfit for human habitation. --v.intr. (slummed, slumming) 1 live in slumlike conditions. 2 go about the slums through curiosity, to examine the condition of the inhabitants, or for charitable purposes. Phrases and idioms slum clearance the demolition of slums and rehousing of their inhabitants. slum it colloq. put up with conditions less comfortable than usual. Derivatives slummy adj. (slummier, slummiest). slumminess n. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. cant