Complete Definition of "skid row"

English
wikipedia

Etymology
after a street in Seattle along which logs were skidded

Noun
#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.

Synonyms
skid road

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