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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Same as Slimes. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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) Same as Slimes. Source: webster
  6. 6. v:4/n:96 n. a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions v. spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive Source: ecdict

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