Skid Row Definition
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noun
A usually run-down section of a city frequented by indigent alcoholics, vagrants, derelicts, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- desolation row
- the dumps
- run-down neighborhood
- skid-road
Other Word Forms of Skid Row
Noun
Singular:
skid row
Plural:
skid rowsOrigin of Skid Row
Probably from skid road (“a road along which logs were skidded"), transferred to the streets of towns where loggers had recreation on their time off.
From Wiktionary
Alteration of skid road (from the fact that it once referred to a downtown area frequented by loggers)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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