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单词 slumwards
释义

slumwardsadv.

Forms: Also slumward.
Etymology: < slum n.1 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslumward(s.
In the direction of the slums.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adverb] > slums
slumwards1892
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Oct. 2/2 It was the Congregationalists..who set much of the current of assistance slumward in recent years.
1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 318 Draggled branches borne slumwards by tramping urchins.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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