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▪ I. slummy, a.1|ˈslʌmɪ|
[f. slum n.1 + -y.]
1. Given to frequenting the slums.
a1860in Oxford use. (Cf. slum v. 3 a.)
2. Of the nature of a slum; abounding in or possessing slums. Also absol.
1873C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. I. 352 Out of Goldsmith's Row, which is slummy,..turns a court which is slummier still. 1885M. Pattison Mem. I. 14 Oxford, not then overbuilt and slummy, looked..charming. 1892Spectator 5 Mar. 332/1 Where the street verges on the slummy.
b. Dealing with the slums or slum-life.
1906Pall Mall G. 5 Mar. 4 The slummy novel, probably, is no longer fashionable.
3. Slovenly, careless.
1881in Pall Mall G. 8 Sept. (1886) 13/2 It was to draw and to paint most carefully, and to avoid slummy, sloppy work,..that we banded ourselves together.
▪ II. † ˈslummy, a.2 Obs.—1
[f. ME. slumme, var. of slume sloom v.1]
Drowsy; inclined to slumber.
a1225Ancr. R. 258 Hwo mei beon, uor scheome, slummi & sluggi & slouh.
▪ III. slummy, n. colloq.|ˈslʌmɪ|
Also slummie.
[f. slum n.1 + -y6.]
A slum-dweller.
1934P. O'Mara (title) Autobiography of a Liverpool Irish slummy. 1964A. Prior Z Cars Again xvi. 158 The remains of many meals stood on..a newspaper... It was a typical slummie's house. 1973‘J. Patrick’ Glasgow Gang Observed xii. 111 Big Fry..tauntingly called out: ‘We're the slummies!’ |