any
run-down
area of a town where the unemployed, vagrants (people who wander from
place to
place; especially those without a regular
job, supporting themselves by begging, etc.), alcoholics, etc., tend to gather. The
term is an alteration of
skid road, a trail for dragging
logs; hence, a
section of town where loggers gathered. They just disgrace the fellow and
send him down to skid
row if he
errs.
n. any
run-down
area of a town where the unemployed, homeless, vagrants and alcoholics tend to come together and which is characterized by
cheap saloons, restaurants and shabby hotels. Figuratively, if one is on skid
row, he is thus
destitute, without
money or means of support. Although the
origin of the
term is uncertain, it possibly originates from the lumber
industry term skid road, a logging road down which
logs were
skidded to the river or other water for taking to the
mill. When a logger had
blown all his
money and was
ready to
return to
work he would wait at the end of
skid road for a
ride back to
camp, hence any
place where penniless men congregate.
(slang) a street or district frequented by derelicts, hoboes, drifters. So, this person slides into the
organization, caroming against both doors,
dead drunk, been an alcoholic for years, skid
row special and so forth.
a slum street or
section full of
cheap saloons, rooming houses, etc., frequented by derelicts (penniless persons who are homeless and jobless).
a slum street or
section full of
cheap saloons, rooming houses, etc., frequented by derelicts (penniless persons who are homeless and jobless). From
skid road a trail for dragging
logs, hence a
section of town where loggers gathered.
(slang) a street or district frequented by derelicts, hoboes, drifters.
a slum street or
section full of
cheap saloons, rooming houses, etc., frequented by derelicts (penniless persons who are homeless and jobless). All
right, he's still in a
condition of
Emergency, and he doesn't
repair that as a clerk so he becomes a skid
row bum.