skid row

plural skid rows · alternative skidrow · alternative Skid Row

1. CanadaUScountablederogatoryinformaluncountableAn especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.

   Started to spit vulgar, my ZIP code had been skid row

   2020, “You Gon’ Learn”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem ft. White Gold & Royce Da 5'9"

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   Ooh! Lucky losers, lucky losers landing on skid row / While the Diamond Jims and the Kings Road pimps / Breathe heavy in their brand new clothes

   1975, Bernie Taupin, Elton John, “(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket”, in Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, performed by Elton John

   Synonyms: favela, skid road

2. CanadaUScountablefigurativelyinformaluncountableA situation of great desperation or misfortune.

plural Skid Rows

1. Alternative letter-case form of skid row.

1. Several neighborhoods in the United States and Canada associated with crime, homelessness or the lumber industry:
   1. A neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
   2. A neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States.
   3. A neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, also called the Gateway District
   4. A neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States, also called the Bowery
   5. A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States, also called Old Town-Chinatown
   6. A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
   7. A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada called the DTES, commonly referred to as East Hastings.