Antedatings of "Skid Row"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Below are three antedatings of "skid row."  I am not entirely sure what the meaning of the first citation, nor perhaps the second citation, is.  From these citations it appears that "skid row" may be one of the few important terms that is actually a Canadianism.

skid row (OED 1931)

1920 _Vancouver Daily World_ 23 Aug. 15 (Newspapers.com)  The picnic is for Shriners and their friends and starts at 1:30. ... Numerous tents and banners have sprung up indicating the Shriner's skid row.

1923 _Ottawa Journal_ 21 June 14 (Newspapers.com)  Two years out of the ring has put the champion on skid row.

1927 _Lincoln_ (Nebraska) _Star_ 10 June 15 (Newspapers.com)  Fred Daniels drifted with the "push" from coast to coast for twenty-five years, ... frequented the Barrell houses and "can dumps" from the "skid row" in Vancouver, B.C. to the "Dutch Mans" in exchange alley New Orleans.

Fred Shapiro

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