Definition of skid row
: a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants and alcoholics
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Kashner said Markle developed a keen sense of social justice at a young age thanks to her mother who would often bring her to feed the homeless on skid row.
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Kashner said Markle developed a keen sense of social justice at a young age thanks to her mother who would often bring her to feed the homeless on skid row.
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Not so long ago, the West Loop was known as one of America’s most notorious skid rows.
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Colorful past: From skid row to cultural district, the making of Mass Ave.
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Kashner said Markle developed a keen sense of social justice at a young age thanks to her mother who would often bring her to feed the homeless on skid row.
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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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Origin and Etymology of skid row
alteration of skid road
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First Known Use: circa 1931
in the meaning defined above
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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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