crumb adj.
1. (US) filthy, dirty, disgusting.
Milk and Honey Route (1930) 194: Jesus Christ, this is a crum box! This old Cook County Jail. | ‘The Old Cook County Jail’ in Stiff||
Man with the Golden Arm 22: You think I’m gonna sleep in this crum dump tonight again? |
2. second-rate, badly rewarded.
Alphaville (2011) 22: For a while he bided his time working a five-dollar-a-day crumb job as a shipping clerk. |
In compounds
(US) a filthy lodging house or hostel.
Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). | ||
DAUL 53/2: Crumb-joint. 2. A dirty lodging house, jail or other establishment. | et al.