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skid row

The correct spelling is skid row.

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noun

Say it like: Ski-d r-ow

The correct spelling is skid row. An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by run-down or abandoned buildings, alcoholism and homelessness, and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution.

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noun

  1. 1.An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by run-down or abandoned buildings, alcoholism and homelessness, and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution.
  2. 2.A colloquial designation of a run-down district of Los Angeles.

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