slumdweller

[ sluhm-dwel-er ]

noun
  1. a person who lives in a slum.

Origin of slumdweller

1
1890–95; slum + dweller

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How to use slumdweller in a sentence

  • Then again the slum dweller clings to his environment, and it is useless to force him to wander, and so send him down the ladder.

  • Yet such a family literally rolled in money, while Elvin was like a slum-dweller staring emptily into a crowded shop window.

    Adolescents Only | Irving E. Cox