slumming

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We caught a preview of that at Bumbershoot, and it occurred to us that Tharp wasn't slumming -- "I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway: I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart" -- but was inspired by a kindred spirit -- another perfectionist workaholic with an ear for the vernacular.

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  1. The practice of visiting slums, often for mere curiosity or as an amusement. [Recent.] Slumming, which began with the publication of “The Cry of Outcast London,” has attained the proportions of a regular rage. Philadelphia Times. But her story is decidedly pleasant and healthful, and it is a relief to find there is something besides slumming to be done by unselfish people. Alhenæum, No. 3247, p. 81.
  2. The washing of earthy matter, pulverized rock, etc., to separate a desired element, as fossil remains or grains of ore. Whatever method is employed for bleaching, this process has to be done very carefully, so as to prevent the fossils from being destroyed by the acids. The next step is the “slumming,” or washing of the macerated mass. For this purpose there are different devices for slumming vessels. These are all constructed on the plan of creating a rising current of water through the mass, which is poured over a sieve of brass netting with meshes not smaller than 1.5 mm. in diameter. Amer. Nat., Nov., 1903, p. 794.

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  • Hammer only puts up with him 'cause he does the drums like a slumming angel. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 01 - July 1997
  • Maybe he was slumming, looking for an intriguing change of pace from the dusky demonesses who could assume any form they chose, even animal forms. —  Ogre Ogre
  • Or to the presence of slumming, apathetic mainstreamers who would've played water polo in another life, looking for something to drink and dance and get sensitive to? —  The Rawking Refuses To Stop
  • As implemented in elementary and secondary schools, Sykes observed, such ideas boil down to a kind of postmodernist "'slumming,'" as concepts "facilely manipulated by [postmodernist scholars] find their way into the hands of junior high teachers and assistant superintendents" (and, so it would seem, Blue Men and their fellow Reggio-ites). —  American Thinker
  • It doesn't sound as if the group's slumming, though. —  Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog
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  1. Verbal noun of slum, v.
  2. An arbitrary use of slumming, with a vague suggestion of dirty work. Compare puddling as associated with puddle, n.
 

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