antedating slum (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

OED has 1929 for slum (n) 7.b Cheap prizes at a fair, carnival, etc.

_Billboard_ 29 Oct 1921 p 56 col 4 [classified ad]

"GIVING UP BUSiNESS - Will sell 1 Tent, 12x12, with frame, $75.00; 1
Tent, 15x12, with frame, $50.00; 1 Hand Striker, $20.00; 1 Stock Wheel,
$10.00; 5 gross of Slum, 50c gross;"
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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