- skid road (skid row)
- n. a disreputable street or districtулица или район, пользующиеся дурной славой
English-Russian dictionary of the underworld. 2013.
skid road (skid row)
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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 — 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 — 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 — ► 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 — A skid row or skid road is a run down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and, often, other drugs. In a related expression, someone who is down and out is said to be on the skids . The term… … Wikipedia
skid row — /skɪd ˈroʊ/ (say skid roh) noun 1. a disreputable district inhabited by derelicts. –phrase 2. on skid row, destitute. {US skid road a logging road over which logs were hauled; applied by extension to the place in town where loggers congregated… …
skid row — /roh/ an area of cheap barrooms and run down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants. Also called Skid Road. [1930 35, Amer.; earlier skid road an area of a town frequented by loggers, orig. a skidway] * * * … Universalium
skid row — I slum, tenderloin, Bowery. See poverty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. skid road, run down neighborhood, the dumps*, desolation row*; see slum … English dictionary for students
skid row — noun Etymology: alteration of skid road Date: circa 1931 a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants and alcoholics … New Collegiate Dictionary
