born on the wrong side of the blanket

Rur. [of a child] illegitimate. All his life, Edward felt that people looked down on him because he was born on the wrong side of the blanket. Just between you and me, I suspect Mrs. Potter's oldest child was born on the wrong side of the blanket.

See also: blanket, born, of, on, side, wrong

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ode	-	Medieval English
Clementine	['kleməntain]
Babatunde	-	Western African, Yoruba
Villem	-	Estonian
Jon (1)	YOON (Swedish, Norwegian), YON (Danish, Basque)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Basque
Cherokee	CHER-ə-kee	English (Rare)