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Definition of Slumlord
1. Noun. (pejorative) A person who makes money by renting housing that is kept in poor condition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slumlord
1. a landlord of slum property [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slumlord
Literary usage of Slumlord
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Simon's Essay on Irish Coins, and of the Currency of Foreign Monies in by James Simon, Thomas Snelling (1810)
"... that from henceforth her majestie is pleased to allow for everie twentie
shillings of the said old slumlord sterling monie, the summe of two and twentie ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1837)
"1 * slumlord cept to them. They could not have been changed v. without leave of
a judge (o), who would have then M*cAl"1' imposed terms. ..."
3. For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray Newton Rothbard (2006)
"(The New York City government is the city's biggest "slumlord," owning as it does
a vast amount of useful buildings abandoned because of nonpayment of high ..."
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