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the wrong side of the tracks

the wrong side of the tracks

also the other side of the tracks
the poor area of a city or town She was brought up on the wrong side of the tracks in a small southern town.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms the wrong side of town or the wrong side of the street: Her family was clearly from the wrong side of town.
Etymology: based on the idea that a poor area is often divided from the rest of a town by railroad tracks
See also: of, side, track, wrong

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chandan-Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Odia
Ntombi-Southern African, Zulu
Hovsep-Armenian
Porphyrios-Ancient Greek
Siennasee-EN-əEnglish (Modern)
Feliksfye-LEEKS (Russian), fee-LEEKS (Russian), FE-leeks (Polish)Russian, Slovene, Polish
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