Definition of skid row
: a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants and alcoholics
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In 1987, the Los Angeles Police Department embarked on a major crackdown on homeless encampments on skid row.
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Bayer said many homeless patients would end up in skid row after they were discharged from hospitals because the district for decades has had a high concentration of services for poor people.
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The city lost several civil rights lawsuits over police crackdowns on skid row.
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On another, participants walk through skid row, handing out food and other essentials.
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Los Angeles was the only two-day stop for Alston, who met privately with local government officials and civil rights lawyers, presided over a skid row town hall and walked its streets.
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There is no waiting list on skid row, over on Cass.
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Los Angeles’ skid row has been joined by encampments on overpasses and elsewhere.
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Origin and Etymology of skid row
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Definition of skid row for English Language Learners
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: a poor part of a town or city where people who are homeless or who drink too much often go
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