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slumdom|ˈslʌmdəm|
[f. slum n. + -dom.]
Slums collectively; the inhabitants of the slums; the condition or character of slums or slum-dwellers.
1882Church Rev. XXII. 187 We have wandered through slumdom. 1890Pall Mall G. 16 July 2/1 To reform our prison system, to plant out slumdom in the country. 1896Night & Day Feb. 2/3 Lodging houses in the deeps of London slumdom. 1927G. B. Shaw in Yorks. Even. News 30 Nov. 9/2 Civilisation means ‘Respect my life and property and I will respect yours.’ Slumdom means ‘Disregard my life and property and I will disregard yours.’ 1962Economist 18 Aug. 593/1 Another 60,000 old houses slip into slumdom. 1973Daily Tel. 7 Nov. 13/1 A pre-war, cottage-type housing estate that is slipping into slumdom as fast as the downward slope will take it. |