Definition of "skid row" []

• Slang A squalid district inhabited chiefly by derelicts and vagrants. (noun)

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• "But the Rolls headed the other way, traversing skid row and nosing into the periphery of East L.A. Antrim drove rapidly and smoothly, turning onto a rutted side street and veering sharply into a narrow parking lot shadowed by four-story warehouses."