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slummings

slummings is the plural of slumming.

Meaning of slumming

Noun

slumming (countable and uncountable, plural slummings)

  1. A period of associating with people or engaging in activities with a status below one's own.
    • Few understand the works of Cummings,
      And few James Joyce's mental slummings,
      And few young Auden's coded chatter;
      But then it is the few that matter.1933, Dylan Thomas, From a Letter to my Aunt, Discussing the Correct Approach to Modern Poetry

Questions about slummings

What is slummings the plural of?
Slummings is the plural of slumming.

Words near slummings in the dictionary

  1. slummiest
  2. slummification
  3. slumminess
  4. slumming
  5. slumming it
  6. slummings
  7. slummism
  8. slummock
  9. slummocked
  10. slummocking
  11. slummocks

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