[sluhm-guhl-yuh
n, sluhm-guhl-] 
| 1. | a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| 2. | a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like. |
| 3. | the refuse from processing whale carcasses. |
| 4. | a reddish, muddy deposit in mining sluices. |
| slum·gul·lion (slŭm-gŭl'yən) n. A watery meat stew. [Perhaps slum, muddy deposit in a mining sluice + dialectal gullion, mud (perhaps from Irish Gaelic goilín, pit).] |