skid row
noun
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Definition of skid row
: a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants and alcoholics
Examples of skid row in a Sentence
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The attack comes in the wake of a spasm of violence in skid row. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, "Homeless man burned to death in skid row area," 27 Aug. 2019 Last month, state officials fined General Services and the LAPD after uncovering a rodent infestation and other unsanitary conditions at the agency’s Central Division station in skid row. — latimes.com, "Filth from homeless camps is luring rats to L.A. City Hall, report says," 3 June 2019 Members include Inner City Arts President Bob Smiland and several residents of the Union Rescue Mission, a skid row shelter headed by the Rev. Andy Bales. — Dakota Smith, latimes.com, "L.A. agreed to let homeless people keep their skid row belongings. That could change," 5 July 2019 Encampments have swelled from skid row a few blocks away to line sidewalks outside city hall. — Ian Lovett, WSJ, "Politics Is a Dirty Business—Starting with the Rats at Los Angeles City Hall," 10 Feb. 2019 The deal ended a legal battle with skid row residents and their advocates, who argued that the law trampled on the rights of homeless people who had nowhere else to go. — Shelby Grad, latimes.com, "Essential California: Is sleeping on the streets a crime?," 23 June 2018 Roughly 4,300 homeless people leave in skid row community in Los Angeles, near where Sunday’s attacks occurred, the paper reported citing a report released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority earlier this year. — Benjamin Brown, Fox News, "3 homeless men in critical condition after bat attack, LAPD hunts for suspect," 18 Sep. 2018 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. — CBS News, "Meghan Markle’s road to royalty," 19 May 2018 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. — CBS News, "Meghan Markle’s road to royalty," 19 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'skid row.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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skid row
noun
English Language Learners Definition of skid row
chiefly US, informal
: a poor part of a town or city where people who are homeless or who drink too much often go
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