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slum dweller

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meanings of slumand dweller


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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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Examples of slum dweller


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Is it to be a rent sufficient for a slumdweller?
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At least, the slumdweller can turn a key in his own door; it is his.
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I am not going to stand for the idea that the slumdweller is necessarily inferior.
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The slumdweller, presumably, is a low wage earner.
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This is important, not only for its effect on the slumdweller but for the balance of our whole building programme.
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It does not operate in favour of the slumdweller, 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 a slumdweller suddenly into ideal conditions.
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The plight of the slumdweller is wretched enough.
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Is it to be a rent that the slumdweller can pay?
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Not only have we the absolutely homeless person, but we have the slumdweller.
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Somehow or other, when we are dealing with the slumdweller we 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 the slumdweller towards better houses.
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The point has been made in regard to clearing the slums that the slumdweller will take the slum mind with him where-ever he goes.
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Their need is just as great as that of the slumdweller.
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He did not want in any way to deal with special housing for the slumdweller.
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