Definitions for skid row
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1. skid rownoun

   a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts

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1. skid rownoun

   An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by run-down or abandoned buildings, alcoholism and homelessness, and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution.

2. skid rownoun

   A colloquial designation of a run-down district of Los Angeles.

3. Etymology: Probably from skid road, transferred to the streets of towns where loggers had recreation on their time off.

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1. skid row

   Skid Row is a term that generally refers to an impoverished area in a city where the homeless or people suffering from extreme poverty are concentrated. It is often characterized by run-down buildings, dilapidated housing, and high rates of crime and substance abuse. The term originated from an area in Seattle, Washington where loggers would "skid" logs down a hill to a nearby mill. Over time, it became associated with areas occupied by individuals living on the fringe of society.

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1. Skid row

   Skid row or skid road is a shabby urban area with cheap taverns, dive bars, and dilapidated hotels frequented by lowlifes, alcoholics, and itinerants. The term skid road originally literally referred to a path along which timber workers skidded logs. Its current sense appears to have originated in the Pacific Northwest. Areas identified by this name include Pioneer Square in Seattle; Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon; Downtown Eastside in Vancouver; Skid Row in Los Angeles, San Francisco's Tenderloin District, Ottawa's Rideau Street District and the Bowery section in lower Manhattan.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of skid row in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of skid row in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of skid row in a Sentence

1. James Knox:

   He comes down to the inner city, to Skid Row, which is one of the most challenging areas to live in and he runs so freely.

2. Deon Joseph:

   The shelters and the missions here, they give food and clothes to draw people in to get the services to that help people get on their feet -- like drug programs, alcohol programs, domestic violence program, job programs, but many of the folks from here won't use them, because they're getting their needs met on the streets of Skid Row.

3. Jerry Jones:

   Skid Row is a 54-block area that has the largest homeless number of individuals in the country.

4. Deon Joseph:

   I believe the extremes of both ideologies are what created Skid Row, by that, I mean the extreme right believes in NIMBYism -- not in my back yard. We'll shove all our problems into downtown LA and come down once a month and throw food and clothes at them and feel good about ourselves.

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   Believe it or not, I tell them, 'Honey, this is not what you want to do,' it's the end of the line. This is skid row. ... This shit will kill you.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=skid row
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Skid_Row
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=skid row