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a) 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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Skid Row — Datos generales Origen … Wikipedia Español
Skid Row — Rachel, Sollinger et Hill en concert Pays d’origine … Wikipédia en Français
Skid Row- — (album) Skid Row Album par Skid Row Sortie 24 Janvier 1989 Enregistrement 1988 Durée 39:28 … Wikipédia en Français
skid row — [ˌskıd ˈrəu US ˈrou] n 1.) be on skid row informal if someone is on skid row, they drink too much alcohol and have no job, nowhere to live etc 2.) [U] used to talk about a part of a city with a lot of old buildings in bad condition, where poor… … Dictionary of contemporary English
skid row — 1931, from skid road track of skids along which logs are rolled (1851), from SKID (Cf. skid) (n.). The sense was extended to part of town inhabited by loggers (1906), then, by hobos, to disreputable district (1915) … Etymology dictionary
Skid Row — banda de Rock de los Estados Unidos formada en 1986. En 1986 Bolan y Sabo (The snake), tuvieron la idea de formar una banda entonces llamaron a Scotti Hill virtuoso guitarrista que ya lo conocían por haber tocado con anterioridad, y este a su vez … Enciclopedia Universal
skid row — skid′ row′ [[t]roʊ[/t]] n. an area of cheap barrooms and run down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants. Also called Skid′ Road′ • Etymology: 1930–35, amer.; earlier skid road … From formal English to slang
skid row — ► NOUN informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▪ a run down part of a town frequented by vagrants and alcoholics. ORIGIN alteration of SKID ROAD(Cf. ↑S) … English terms dictionary
skid row — ☆ skid row n. [altered < SKID ROAD] a usually run down section of a city frequented by indigent alcoholics, vagrants, derelicts, etc … English World dictionary
Skid Row — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Hard Rock, Hair Metal, Sleaze Rock G … Deutsch Wikipedia
skid row — noun uncount INFORMAL a very poor area of a town where there are a lot of people who drink too much alcohol … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
