skid row
[noun]
Synonyms: bowery, skid road

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skid row , Skid Row /ˌskɪd ˈrəʊ $ -ˈroʊ/ noun

1. be on skid row informal if someone is on skid row, they drink too much alcohol and have no job, nowhere to live etc

2. [uncountable] used to talk about a part of a city with a lot of old buildings in bad condition, where poor people who drink too much alcohol spend their time

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skid row
[mainly American, informal]
a poor area in a city where people who have no jobs and homes live in cheap rooms or sleep outdoors.
She works as a social worker with alcoholics on skid row.

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skid-row
[mainly American, informal]
skid row - a poor area in a city where people who have no jobs and homes live in cheap rooms or sleep outdoors.
He ended up back in a skid-row hotel.
(always before noun)

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skid row
a poor area of a city where many people live who have no money/job/housing
The skid row area of our city is a place where few tourists want to go.

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skid row
n. The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor.
That man was once rich, but he drank and gambled too much, and ended his life living on skid row.
The Bowery is New York City's skid row.

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