See slumlord on Wiktionary
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"text": "Coordinate term: slumlady"
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"ref": "1989 December 3, Laura Briggs, quoting Mike Mamone, “'Somewhere Else' Plans January Opening”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 3:",
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