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skid road

1. A track made of logs laid transversely about five feet apart that is used to haul logs to a loading platform or a mill.

2. Slang Skid row.

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skid road

(in the US and Canada) n

1. (Forestry) a track made of a set of logs laid transversely on which freshly cut timber can be hauled

2. (Forestry) (in the West) the part of a town frequented by loggers

3. another term for skid row

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Noun	1.	skid road - the district of a town frequented by loggers quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
	2.	skid road - a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

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As the city grew, the neighborhood became more well known as "Skid Row," a term likely coined in Pioneer Square as a mispronunciation of Skid Road, which was the informal name given to one of the primary streets in the neighborhood that was used to skid logs from the hills down to the mills.

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The buck left the skid road and topped a small rise into the hardwoods, providing valuable knowledge of his undisturbed pattern.

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Wanting to get some distance between the girls and us, we jogged for half a mile on an old skid road. We ended up in thick, yet small, reproduction trees backing up to a cliff-like hillside.

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Then: logger with a bucket of lard or axle grease who would slop it on a primitive skid road as teams of oxen pulled logs downhill.

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That is because Seattle gave the world the graphic term Skid Row, adapted from Skid Road descendants.

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