a bad locality which houses flophouses, run down hotels and cheap salons
a neighbourhood that is frequented by alcoholics
skid road
The place is neither skid row nor a main street. You will have to look it up on the maps to find it.
I was walking through a skid row and now know why it is not safe. There are dishevelled people everywhere who feel like they would snoop and catch you.
The theatre is in the by-alley of the skid row.
I hate walking through this skid row to get to my friend’s house.
The office was located at a skid row and hence many customers would refrain from going there. As a consultant, my first advice was to find a new premises.
She works at the bar at the skid row and makes quite a bit of money.
They would never invest in a property on the skid row. You are wasting your time.
There is no origin for this idiom
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