SKID ROW


Meaning of SKID ROW in English

noun

[ U ] ( informal , especially NAmE ) used to describe the poorest part of a town, the sort of place where people who have no home or job and who drink too much alcohol live :

to be on skid row

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WORD ORIGIN

1930s: alteration of skid road .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.