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单词 slumlord
释义

slumlord

[ sluhm-lawrd ]
/ ˈslʌmˌlɔrd /

noun

a landlord who owns slum buildings, especially one who fails to maintain or improve the buildings and charges tenants exorbitant rents.

Origin of slumlord

First recorded in 1950–55; slum + lord

Words nearby slumlord

slumbershade, slumbery, slumdweller, slumgullion, slumism, slumlord, slummy, slump, slumpflation, slump test, slung
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British Dictionary definitions for slumlord

slumlord
/ (ˈslʌmˌlɔːd) /

noun

informal, mainly US and Canadian an absentee landlord of slum property, esp one who profiteers
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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