SKID ROW

PRONUNCIATION: (skid roh)

MEANING: noun: An area where people down on their luck congregate, often struggling with poverty, addiction, or homelessness.

ETYMOLOGY: From skid road, a path where logs were skidded downhill to the lumber mill. Earliest documented use: 1920.
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SKIED ROW - a line of schussers just went by

SKID RAW - when you slide without shoes and scrape your feet

SAID "ROW" - what the Coxwain did