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When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row.
Pras Michel

Meaning of "skid row" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SKID ROW

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKID ROW

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Skid row is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SKID ROW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

skid row

Skid row

Skid row or skid road is a shabby urban area with cheap taverns, dive bars, and dilapidated hotels frequented by lowlifes, alcoholics, and itinerants. The term skid road originally referred to the path along which timber workers skidded logs. Its current sense appears to have originated in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Areas identified by this name include Pioneer Square in Seattle; Old Town Chinatown in Portland, Oregon; Downtown Eastside in Vancouver; Skid Row in Los Angeles; the Tenderloin District of San Francisco; the Saint Catherine street District in Montreal; and the Bowery of lower Manhattan.

Definition of skid row in the English dictionary

The definition of skid row in the dictionary is a dilapidated section of a city inhabited by vagrants, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKID ROW

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Skidoo
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SKID ROW

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Synonyms and antonyms of skid row in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «skid row» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKID ROW

Find out the translation of skid row to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of skid row from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skid row» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

防滑行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

skid Row
570 millions of speakers

English

skid row
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्किड पंक्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصف زلق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Skid Row
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

skid Row
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাইড সারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

skid Row
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baris bergelora
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pennergegend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スキッド·ロー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스키드 행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Baris mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hàng trượt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சறுக்கல் வரிசையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गलिच्छ वस्ती असलेला विभाग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kayma sırası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

skid row
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Skid Row
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Skid Row
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

skid Row
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεπατωθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skid ry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skid row
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skid row
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skid row

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKID ROW»

The term «skid row» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.075 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about skid row

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QUOTES WITH «SKID ROW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word skid row.
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Pras Michel
When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKID ROW»

Discover the use of skid row in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skid row and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Skid Row: A Novel
Teeming with vivid narrative about a lively yet lonely street from a time and place long-forgotten, the tale is told through the eyes of a young lad growing up while working in his father's tin shop.
Joseph H. Werner, 2011
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Negotiating Demands: The Politics of Skid Row Policing in ...
It will make a significant contribution to a pressing social issue, the responses and character of which have undergone many changes in the last decade. This is a state-of-the-art study that will advance both scholarship and social policy.
Laura Huey, 2007
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Murder on Skid Row
August,1966 newly dental school graduate, Mel Greenberg, opened his first office on Chicago's Skid Row.
Charlene Wexler, 2010
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Indians on Skid Row
Role of alcohol and community in adaptive process of Indian urban migrants.
Hugh Brody, 1971
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Deviance and Liberty: Social Problems and Public Policy
PEACE-KEEPING ON SKID ROW Reprinted from “The Police on Skid-Row: A Study of Peace Keeping,“ American Sociological Review 32, no. 5 (October 1967 ): 699-715. Egon Bittner is Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University. He has ...
Lee Rainwater, 2011
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Skid Row
Matching folio to their screaming debut album, featuring: Big Guns * Sweet Little Sister * Can't Stand The Heartache * Piece Of Me * 18 and Life * Rattlesnake Shake * Youth Gone Wild * I Remember You * and more.
‎1990
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Geographical Snapshots of North America: Commemorating the ...
In general, community networks and daily paths in Skid Row affect the identities and self-esteem of the area's homeless population. Social ties may have both positive and negative effects on self-definition and morale. A "self-as-homeless" ...
Donald G. Janelle, 1992
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Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History
Bogue, Skid Row, p. 1 74; Howard M. Bahr, ed., Disaffiliated Man: Essays and Bibliography on Skid Row, Vagrancy, and Outsiders (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970); Howard M. Bahr and Theodore Caplow, Old Men Drunk and ...
Kenneth L. Kusmer, 2003
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SPIN
Like their mentors Bon Jovi, Skid Row embody suburban American discontent. They wreck hotel rooms, get drunk and swear a lot. On record, stage and TV, Skid Row kick ass so the rest of us don't have to get mussed up in the process.
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Stations of the Lost: The Treatment of Skid Row Alcoholics
[A34] Many studies of the daily activities of Skid Row regulars reflect a similar theme: the alcoholic ambles through the day, alone a great deal of the time, sleeping in a cheap hotel, drinking in a tavern if he can afford it, or with a bottle gang if ...
Jacqueline P. Wiseman, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKID ROW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skid row is used in the context of the following news items.
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A homeless woman hoisted an LAPD nightstick during the skid row
Millions of people viewed video of the fatal police shooting March 1 of an unarmed black man known as "Africa" outside his skid row tent. Police said the man, ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Saving lost souls on LA's Skid row with karaoke
Wednesdays are karaoke night at a church on LA's Skid Row. A motley crowd of homeless, mentally ill and drug-addicted people come to the Central City ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
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Family of man slain by police on skid row files $20-million claim
The family of a Cameroonian man fatally shot by police on skid row filed a $20-million claim against the city Wednesday, saying officers "initiated" a struggle that ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
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From Skid Row To Rome: The Story Of An Unusual Running Club
Craig Mitchell is a judge in Los Angeles' criminal court, but he has an unusual sideline gig. He's one of the last people anyone would expect to find hanging out ... «NPR, Mar 15»
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LAPD identifies sergeant, officers in fatal skid row shooting
More than two weeks after a deadly encounter between police and a homeless man on skid row, Los Angeles police officials on Thursday publicly named the ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
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Activists call for independent investigation of fatal skid row shooting
Activists denounced police and city officials Tuesday for their handling of the death of a homeless man who was shot and killed by officers on skid row. Gathered ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
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Dozens protest LAPD shooting of homeless man on skid row
Chanting "You can't kill Africa," dozens of people on Saturday marched from Los Angeles Police Department headquarters to skid row to protest the fatal police ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
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The gentrification of Skid Row - a story that will decide the future of …
Skid Row's very existence illustrates a major planning mistake the southern Californian metropolis made in the past. The struggles over what to do with it now ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Take a stroll through America's Skid Row, in downtown Los Angeles
"Skid Row is a 54-block area that has the largest homeless number of individuals in the country," said Jerry Jones, executive director of the National Coalition for ... «CNN, Mar 15»
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June Fairchild dies at 68; former actress lived on skid row
June Fairchild was a Manhattan Beach prom queen, a go-go dancer, an actress who appeared in more than a dozen films and, for a time, an addict and ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»

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