A slummy part of town. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a slummy part of town. From Dictionary.com.
There's nothing in the picture that lets you know if it's "slummy" or not ... all it shows is that she takes care of it. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
When I see a missing door -- that's the slummy side. From Wordnik.com. [1984 Democratic National Convention Address ("The Rainbow Coalition")] Reference
When I see a broken window -- that's the slummy side. From Wordnik.com. [1984 Democratic National Convention Address ("The Rainbow Coalition")] Reference
When I see a missing brick -- that's the slummy side. From Wordnik.com. [1984 Democratic National Convention Address ("The Rainbow Coalition")] Reference
All slummy outside and lovely things inside, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
I don't understand this whole slummy mommy/slacker pride thing. From Wordnik.com. [A for "All Aboard!"] Reference
Large patches of slummy inner-city housing survive, but much has gone. From Wordnik.com. [Magical History Tour] Reference
But Moscow isn't nearly such a slummy place as I had been led to expect. From Wordnik.com. [Back From Russia] Reference
But half of it is severe slummy, something like Rio De Janiero or something. From Wordnik.com. [Brad Balfour: Q&A: Sci-Fi Director Neill Blomkamp Describes Life in District 9 As No Picnic] Reference
Because of Lee, we all moved downtown when it was still slummy and not very safe. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
For instance, here in Washington, DC, there were poor black slummy parts in the Southeast. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment] Reference
Hung looks around the kitchen and gleefully says to the camera that he sees some "slummy dishes.". From Wordnik.com. [Jane McGivney: Top Chef: Attack of the Clones] Reference
The film begins with an opening montage, showing what was then a very slummy and drug riddled New York City. From Wordnik.com. [Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)] Reference
We both grew up in kinda slummy neighborhoods in which creepy guys were the scenery rather than the exception. From Wordnik.com. [Monday, Sept. 21 – The Bleat.] Reference
Spawnofjohn is probly right that she is a victim in other ways -- I can't really say -- but, jeebus, her unit is not slummy. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
Mine is located in Jaffa (Yafo), once (meaning before 1948) “The Bride of the Sea”, now a slummy southern Tel Aviv suburb. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Israel: “Ajami” Reveals Nuanced Look at Israeli Society] Reference
The story goes that as he rode down the Avenue, Kennedy was dismayed to see boarded up stores and a general slummy appearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » What I tell you three times is true:] Reference
Alas, Steve Jobs has nixed the site as too slummy. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Yes there are slummy sales people out there, but. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Forget it Reg, this slummy Gooftown is for junkies. From Wordnik.com. [Recently on This Recording] Reference
Jukie is curate in a slummy parish near Covent Garden. From Wordnik.com. [Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract] Reference
But none the less the houses were sordid, unkempt, slummy. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
Was it like a nice house or was it in a slummy neighborhood or what?. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
"How far is it now?" he asked, as they swung along through the slummy quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rebel's Reign] Reference
"Well, Sunrise Alley ain't so slummy as where you was, Lily," explained the boy. From Wordnik.com. [Michael O'Halloran] Reference
It's colorful and gritty and hipster-slummy until someone gets a face poked out. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Jim believes that he is a very slummy example for others to look up to spritually. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Having stray carts around town, he added, is "grotesque, it's slummy and it's unattractive.". From Wordnik.com. [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference
Illinois Central station at 91st and Baltimore red, white, and blue "because it looked so slummy.". From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
For the houses had that sordid, ramshackle, slummy look almost invariable on an Italian high-road. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
It also goes past a blood bank, the slummy kind that pays you for donating, and it is always PACKED!. From Wordnik.com. [smartypants's diary] Reference
CounterValue blog, cursive by Justin Williams, assistant-editor of the Telegraph Media Group, the Guardian showed slummy taste at best. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
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