Poverty Row
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Meaning · English
The small and mostly short-lived B-movie studios in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s, many of them near what is now Gower Street.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “Poverty Row” mean?
The small and mostly short-lived B-movie studios in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s, many of them near what is now Gower Street.
Is “Poverty Row” formal or informal?
Poverty Row is generally slang.