slum
noun
Often slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
has been slumming
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present perfect progressiveof slum (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Since his return he has been slumming in the East End of London like a parson.
From Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story by Amy Le Feuvre
It has been slumming in Mayfair for you, I know.
From The Yellow Crayon by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
