skid row

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skid row (mainly American informal)

a poor area in a city where people who have no jobs and homes live in cheap rooms or sleep outdoors She works as a social worker with alcoholics on skid row. (mainly American informal)

See also: row, skid

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Lynelle Bridges, who has lived on Skid Row for three years, said the money - even if it is only $1 - is something she didn't have yesterday. A tradition of giving EASTER SUNDAY: Father Chase hands out thousands ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Sabaratnam, owner and top executive of a hospital, could face 50 years in prison if found guilty on all charges, and Mitts, the operator of a Skid Row assessment center, could face 140 years in prison. Two charged for using homeless to bilk health care system by AFP / AFP American Edition Thomas Taylor, in his first leading role for the company, impresses as Seymour, the rather weedy assistant whose discovery of the bloodthirsty plant leads to a boom in business for a struggling florists shop in Skid Row. Humour in horror; REVIEWS LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Willenhall Operatic ... by Birmingham Mail (England)			sitting pretty situation six six feet under six of one and half a dozen of the other six of one, half a dozen of the other six of the best sixth sense sixty sixty-four-dollar question size size up skate skate around skate on skate on thin ice skate over skeleton skeleton in the closet sketch sketch in sketch out skid skid across skid into skid row skillet skim skim off skim over skim through skimp on skin skin alive skinned skinny skinny as a beanpole skinny-dip skip skip it Skip it! skip off skip out skip out with skip over skip rope skip through skirmish with skirt skirt around skittle			Skiboard Skiboarding Skiboards skibob skibob Skibob Association of Great Britain skibobber skibobbing skibobbing SKICAT skid skid skid skid skid skid across skid boulder Skid Control School skid fin skid into skid lid skid lids Skid mark Skid marks skid platform Skid Resistance Tester skid road skid road skid roads skid roads skid row Skid Row Housing Trust Skid Row Invitational League Skid Row Mental Health skid row stereotype Skid Row Syndrome Skid Row, Los Angeles, California, United States Skid Row, Los Angeles, California, United States skid rows skid rows Skid Steer Grapple Rake Skid Tires on Pavement Skid to Turn skid-mounted SKIDA Skidan, Karp Skidan, Karp Pavlovich Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Skidaway Island State Park Skidaway Marine Science Foundation Skidbladnir Skiddavin Skiddaw Skiddaw skidded skidded skidded skidded skidder Skiddie Skiddie

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