slummer (slumer)

[ cent.] IMG:content-1340.png:[blocks in formation] = 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. Athenæum , No. 3247, p. 81. slump1 (slump), v. i. [Cf. Dan. slumpe , stumble upon by chance, G. schlumpen , trail, draggle, Dan. Sw. slump , chance, hap; cf. G. schlump , haste, hap; perhaps in part confused with forms cognate with slip1 (AS. slupan , etc.) or plump2 , Cf. slump2.] 1. To fall or sink suddenly when walking on a surface, as on ice or frozen ground, not strong enough to support one; walk with sinking feet; sink, as in snow or mud. [Obsolete or local.] The latter walk on a bottomle quag, into which unawares they may slump . Barrow . Here [in the snow] is the dainty footprint of a cat; here a dog has looked in on you like an amateur watchman to see if all is right, slumping clumsily about in the mealy treachery. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 42. 2. Hence, to fail or fall through ignominiously: often with through: as, the plan slumped through. [Colloq.]