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We then drove to the gardens, which lie across the river, in quite a slummy part of the town.

The narrow streets of Westminster are curious and interesting, if occasionally just a trifle "slummy."

Once, I remember coming home sick at heart, from a visitation of one such slummy "lane."

It turned out to be a straggling row of rather slummy-looking cottages, with a post office, a general shop, and a public-house.

The earl was very much interested in the slums, perhaps because he was rather poor himself, if not quite slummy.

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On this page you'll find 106 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slummy, such as: battered, broken-down, crumbling, damaged, decaying, and decrepit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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