Definition of Slummier

1. Adjective. (comparative of slummy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slummier

1. slummy [adj] - See also: slummy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slummier

slumbry
slumdog
slumdogs
slumgullions
slumgum
slumgums
slumism
slumisms
slumlike
slumlord
slumlords
slummed
slummer
slummers
slummier (current term)
slummiest
slumming
slummings
slummock
slummocks
slummy
slump
slumped
slumpflation
slumpflations
slumpier
slumpiest
slumping
slumpings

Literary usage of Slummier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Highways and Byways in London by Emily Constance Baird Cook (1903)
"On the one side, the slums and warehouses of Upper Thames Street; on the other, the yet slummier purlieus of busy, ..."

2. Highways and Byways in London by Emily Constance Baird Cook (1907)
"On the one side, the slums and warehouses of Upper Thames Street; on the other, the yet slummier purlieus of busy, often- burned-down Tooley Street. ..."

3. The Economic Review by Christian Social Union (Great Britain), Oxford University Branch (1904)
"... it as " both impracticable and useless in England," and " probably disastrous in its results." "Local option would make our slums still slummier. ..."

4. The Case for Municipal Drink Trade by Edward Reynolds Pease (1904)
"Local Option would make our slums still slummier ; would drive the criminal classes into the already crowded courts and lanes of the licensing areas. ..."

5. The Case for Municipal Drink Trade by Edward Reynolds Pease (1904)
"Local Option would make our slums still slummier; would drive the criminal classes into the already crowded courts and lanes of the licensing areas. ..."

6. Seven Years' Hard by Richard William Free (1905)
"Needless to say, in a year or two the district is slummier than ever; but the house- jobber has made his pile, and is living in Chester Square. ..."

7. Heterodox London, Or, Phases of Free Thought in the Metropolis: Or, Phases by Charles Maurice Davies (1874)
"Out of Goldsmith's Eow, which is shimmy, just past the almshouses, turns a court which is slummier still; and Perseverance Hall is ..."

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