gabby row, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

gabby row n.

[SE gabby, talkative + SE row; the closeness of the houses leads to much neighbourly conversation]

(US) the area of town where the poor live.

1962		H.M. O’Rourke ‘Memories of Midland’ at MidlandRoots.com 🌐 Remember the footbridge across to Gabby Row, and the high plank we walked across the run to grandpa’s on O’Mara Avenue.
1998–2003		M.L. Crites ‘Beryl, West Virginia’ at RootsWeb.com 🌐 Streets were dogtown, Gabby Row, Railroad, Church and Main.