skid road

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skid rohd]
- /skɪd roʊd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skid rohd]
- /skɪd roʊd/

Definitions of skid road words

noun skid road an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants. 1
noun skid road a track made of a set of logs laid transversely on which freshly cut timber can be hauled 0
noun skid road (in the West) the part of a town frequented by loggers 0
noun skid road in lumbering, a trail along which newly cut logs are skidded 0
noun skid road a section of town where loggers gathered in taverns, inns, etc. 0
abbreviation SKID ROAD skid row 0

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Origin of skid road

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

1930-35, Americanism; earlier skid road an area of a town frequented by loggers, originally a skidway

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skid road popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for skid road

noun skid road

bowery — a farm or plantation of an early Dutch settler of New York
favela — a shantytown in or near a city, especially in Brazil; slum area.

All 2 Synonyms of skid road