skid row (r )n. Slang A squalid district inhabited chiefly by derelicts and vagrants. [Alteration of skid road (from the fact that it once referred to a downtown area frequented by loggers).] |
skid row [rəʊ], skid road
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Slang chiefly US and Canadian a dilapidated section of a city inhabited by vagrants, etc.
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