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
PŘEmysl	-	Czech
Katheryn	KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin	English
Yaser	-	Persian, Turkish, Arabic
Carney	['ka:ni]
Zoey	ZO-ee	English (Modern)
Jerome	[dʒə'rəum]