Usually means: Area known for poverty, neglect.
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  1. skid row: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. skid row: Merriam-Webster
  3. skid row, skid row: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. skid row: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. skid row: Collins English Dictionary
  6. skid row: Vocabulary.com
  7. skid-row: Wordnik
  8. skid row: Wiktionary
  9. skid row: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. skid row: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. skid row: Dictionary.com
  12. skid row: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  14. skid row: Rhymezone
  15. skid row: FreeDictionary.org
  16. skid row: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Skid Row: The Word Detective
  18. skid row: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. skid row: Encyclopedia

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  1. skid row: Idioms
  2. skid row: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. skid row: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. skid-row: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mountain Bike Slang (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Skid Row)

noun:  (derogatory) An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.
noun:  (figuratively) A situation of great desperation or misfortune.
noun:  Several neighborhoods in the United States associated with crime or the lumber industry:
noun:  A neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, United States
noun:  A neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States
noun:  A neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, also called the Gateway District
noun:  A neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States, also called the Bowery
noun:  A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States, also called Old Town-Chinatown
noun:  A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States
noun:  Alternative spelling of skid row [(derogatory) An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.]

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