by AdamMandler February 09, 2023
by hackaxle November 01, 2003
"Skidding" refers to the method of moving logs/timbers by dragging them along the ground. Before the age of trucks and the internal combustion engine Skidding was done by teams of horses/mules/oxen driven by burly men of a rather low station in life. A skid road led from the outlying area where timber cutting was done to the sawmill usually near a city or source of power such as a millrace. "skid row" referred to the row of low cost wooden shanties which sprang up along the skid road. Persons living in these shanties were associated with or subservient to the skidders, timber cutters etc and usually represented the lowest station in the social life of a town or village. Skid row was often populated with prostitutes, homeless, paupers, transients etc.
After being foreclosed on by the bank, the widow Jenkins and her children had go live on skid row and take her chances.
by Dougie D July 23, 2006
Refers to a place where groups of people, typically seniors and farmers gather to have coffee and converse about the days events. The term has its origins in rural Saskatchewan and Alberta, typically "coffee row" occurs in small town restaurants and CO-OP's, but the phenomena has been observed in fast food restaurants in large cities as well as any restaurant that serves "bottomless" cups of coffee and is not too strict on what some would consider loitering.
"Hey, I heard some interesting gossip up at coffee today."
"I am going to go coffee row it up at the CO-OP with the guys."
"I am going to go coffee row it up at the CO-OP with the guys."
by The Saskaboogieman October 24, 2012
by RyanYYC August 17, 2012
The lowest two drawers of an office file cabinet. Pronounced "sigh-AT-ih-kah..."; comes from the fact that the constant bending to file or pull items is likely to induce an attack of sciatica.
Oh, G-d, look at all the cases I have to file,and they're all T's, U's, V's and W's, in Sciatica Row!
by pentozali February 07, 2006
1. a place of where people go after hitting rock bottom 2. a place where the destitute and underlings of society gather. 3. jail
Joey was found in skid row after losing his job, wife, and home thanks to the greedy corporation that laid him off.
by Ixy July 29, 2003