seamy side

The sordid or base aspect of something, as in This nightclub certainly shows you the seamy side of the community. This term refers to the wrong side of a garment, revealing the stitched seams. Shakespeare used it figuratively in Othello (4:2): "That turn'd your wit the seamy side without."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sarosh	-	Persian Mythology
Shpresa	-	Albanian
Donnie	['dɔni]
Dana (2)	DAY-nə	English
Raleigh	['rɔ:li]
Riika	REE:-kah	Finnish