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"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.
skid row by Dougie D July 23, 2006
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Coffee Row 

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."
Coffee Row by The Saskaboogieman October 23, 2012

Sciatica Row

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!
Sciatica Row by pentozali April 9, 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.
skid row by Ixy July 28, 2003

Saints Row The Third 

Massive Orgy of Violence, Drugs, Guns and awesomeness

that is Saints Row the Third (SRT)
"Hey Johnny, Why aren't you playing Skyrim?"

"Ah, finished it I'm into Saints Row the Third now cos I'm not a RPG Slave"
Saints Row The Third by Sanchez994 December 30, 2011

sniffer's row 

The seats at a strip club that are right at the stage. So called because you are "so close you can smell the pussy."
"I've got a shitload of ones; let's go to sniffer's row."
sniffer's row by Mr. BRW February 7, 2008