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skid row a run-down area frequented by alcoholics. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Alcoholism Skid Row district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008] See : Failure How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Not one of the 1,600 or so meals that the Skid Row shelter and kitchen serves each day contains that watery food-ish substance so often fed to orphans in Charles Dickens tales. Regarding the article headlined "Frustrated Sterling Could Abandon Skid Row Project" (Nov. LOS ANGELES -- Father Maurice Chase, Los Angeles Catholic priest, former Assistant to the President of Loyola Marymount University, and Skid Row activist, will "give out" on Christmas Day, $15,000 in one dollar bills to the poor and homeless on L. |
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