skid row

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   a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts

   Broaderslum

Questions about skid row

What does skid row mean?

skid row means "a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts".

Is skid row a common word?

skid row is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.