SLUM, gammon; “up to SLUM,” wide awake, knowing,
“And this, without more SLUM, began,
Over a flowing Pot-house can,
To settle, without botheration,
The rigs of this here tip-top nation.”
Jack Randall’s Diary, 1820.
SLUM THE GORGER, to cheat on the sly, to be an eye servant. Slum in this sense is old cant.
SLUMMING, passing bad money.
SLUMS, or BACK SLUMS, dark retreats, low neighbourhoods; “the Westminster SLUMS,” favourite haunts for thieves.
SLUSHY, a ship’s cook.