slum dweller

collocation in English

meaningsofslumanddweller

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slum
noun[C]
uk
/slʌm/us
/slʌm/
a very poor and crowded area, especially of ...
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dweller
noun
uk
/ˈdwel.ər/us
/ˈdwel.ɚ/
a person who lives in a city, town, ...
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(Definition ofslumanddwellerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslum dweller

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Is it to be a rent sufficient for aslumdweller?
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At least, theslumdwellercan turn a key in his own door; it is his.
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I am not going to stand for the idea that theslumdwelleris necessarily inferior.
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Theslumdweller, presumably, is a low wage earner.
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This is important, not only for its effect on theslumdwellerbut for the balance of our whole building programme.
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It does not operate in favour of theslumdweller, but in favour of the slum owner.
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I am not quite sure that it will not be intensified because, unfortunately, you cannot force aslumdwellersuddenly into ideal conditions.
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The plight of theslumdwelleris wretched enough.
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Is it to be a rent that theslumdwellercan pay?
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Not only have we the absolutely homeless person, but we have theslumdweller.
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Somehow or other, when we are dealing with theslumdwellerwe always deal with him as if he were an inferior type of humanity.
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I am certain we must not be despondent about the attitude of theslumdwellertowards better houses.
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The point has been made in regard to clearing the slums that theslumdwellerwill take the slum mind with him where-ever he goes.
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Their need is just as great as that of theslumdweller.
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He did not want in any way to deal with special housing for theslumdweller.
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