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slumlord noun a landlord who rents poorly kept-up properties in the ghetto, often with a large profit margin US, 1953- — American Speech, December 1961
- — American Speech, December 1961
- [H]e is an anal retentive which is polite for what others have called him ... a slumlord and a motherfucker. — Sol Yurrick, The Bag, p. 121, 1968
- We were at the mercy of the rats. The slumlord? Never laid eyes on him. — Odie Hawkins, Scars and Memories, p. 17, 1987
- To make matters worse, he never got enough rest because he owned property in Logan Heights and was up half the night doing slumlord collecting. — Joseph Wambaugh, Floaters, p. 177, 1996
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