skid rown.

/skɪd rəʊ/

Forms: Also with capital initials.

Etymology: Altered < skid road n. (b) at skid n. Compounds.

Chiefly North American.

a. Any run-down area of a town where the unemployed, vagrants, alcoholics, etc., tend to congregate. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > disreputable

purlieu1619

urban jungle1849

cardboard city1876

skid road1880

skid row1931

New Jack City1989

1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 170 Skid row, the district where workers congregate when in town or away from their job.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 107/1 Skid row, district in a city where tramps (bums) congregate.

1942 Crisis Oct. 314/1 Here, a short walk up from ‘Skid Row’,..is haven for men of all races.

1944 Notes & Queries Nov. 120/2 A skidrow..is a district (mostly in western cities) where unskilled workers..gather to look for jobs—a district of employment agencies, cheap flop-houses, etc.

1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie viii. 80 When the time came for my sendoff shot, I was assigned to Ward B—‘Skid Row’, it was called.

1959 New Statesman 26 Dec. 899/2 Described in a report by a church mission as the nearest thing to ‘Skid Row’ that we have, it is a festering slum hidden in a narrow valley between the backs of lush shops in Firth Street, and Caxton Hill.

1963 Economist 13 July 125/1 The grisly inhabitants of the numerous urban ‘skid rows’.

1977 D. M. Smith Human Geogr. xi. 338 The concentration of social deviants in the local ‘Skid Row’ produces freak figures.

b. attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > inferior, unsightly, or disreputable part

backc1450

blighted1938

skid row1948

sink1967

1948 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Sept. 3/2 Salisbury was a skid~row alcoholic when he was committed to Eloise.

1962 Times 1 Feb. 5/3 The ‘skid-row’ pictures painted in Seattle.

1973 E. B. Ritson in Howe & Loraine Environmental Med. xvi. 216 The grim environment of the skid~row districts of cities tends to attract social misfits.

1980 N. Marsh Photo-finish i. 18 He disguises himself..like a Skid Row drop-out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	skid row
释义	skid rown. /skɪd rəʊ/ Forms: Also with capital initials. Etymology: Altered < skid road n. (b) at skid n. Compounds. Chiefly North American. a. Any run-down area of a town where the unemployed, vagrants, alcoholics, etc., tend to congregate. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > disreputable purlieu1619 urban jungle1849 cardboard city1876 skid road1880 skid row1931 New Jack City1989 1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 170 Skid row, the district where workers congregate when in town or away from their job. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 107/1 Skid row, district in a city where tramps (bums) congregate. 1942 Crisis Oct. 314/1 Here, a short walk up from ‘Skid Row’,..is haven for men of all races. 1944 Notes & Queries Nov. 120/2 A skidrow..is a district (mostly in western cities) where unskilled workers..gather to look for jobs—a district of employment agencies, cheap flop-houses, etc. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie viii. 80 When the time came for my sendoff shot, I was assigned to Ward B—‘Skid Row’, it was called. 1959 New Statesman 26 Dec. 899/2 Described in a report by a church mission as the nearest thing to ‘Skid Row’ that we have, it is a festering slum hidden in a narrow valley between the backs of lush shops in Firth Street, and Caxton Hill. 1963 Economist 13 July 125/1 The grisly inhabitants of the numerous urban ‘skid rows’. 1977 D. M. Smith Human Geogr. xi. 338 The concentration of social deviants in the local ‘Skid Row’ produces freak figures. b. attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > inferior, unsightly, or disreputable part backc1450 blighted1938 skid row1948 sink1967 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Sept. 3/2 Salisbury was a skid~row alcoholic when he was committed to Eloise. 1962 Times 1 Feb. 5/3 The ‘skid-row’ pictures painted in Seattle. 1973 E. B. Ritson in Howe & Loraine Environmental Med. xvi. 216 The grim environment of the skid~row districts of cities tends to attract social misfits. 1980 N. Marsh Photo-finish i. 18 He disguises himself..like a Skid Row drop-out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1931
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