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Definition of Slumps
1. slump [v] - See also: slump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slumps
Literary usage of Slumps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"... the iron and steele there bee of good temper for slumps and M,ch uses, whether
y timber of those parts be good for that purpose & growes neare the sea ..."
2. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"Creep, slumps, and landslides. When the soil and subsoil on a slope become charged
with water, they tend to move downward. When the movement is too slow to ..."
3. New Zealand in Evolution: Industrial, Economic and Political by Guy Hardy Scholefield, William Pember Reeves (1909)
"... TENAX" A native industry—Universal utility—Export of native produce—Primitive
methods—The last of Maori industry—" Booms " and " slumps "— Regeneration ..."
4. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"Thus in the winter of 1889-1890, in which the rainfall was exceptionally heavy,
earth-slumps thruout the Coast Ranges were much more active than in seasons ..."
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