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Noun Concept
Categories: Urban decay, Skid Rows, Economy of Seattle, Washington, Articles with permanently dead external links, Poverty in the United States
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skid row  skid-row  Skid Road  skidrow  Skitrow
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A city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts WordNet 3.0
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A city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A skid row, also called skid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". Wikipedia
Part of a city known for high vagrancy and poor maintenance. Wikipedia Disambiguation
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. Wiktionary
An especially dilapidated section of a city. Wiktionary (translation)
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skid-row, Skid Road, Skid Row, skidrow, Skitrow

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