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wrong side of the tracks

wrong side of the tracks

see under right side of the tracks.
See also: of, side, track, wrong

wrong side of the tracks

n. the poor side of town. I’m glad I’m from the wrong side of the tracks. I know what life is really like.
See also: of, side, track, wrong

wrong side of the tracks

The less desirable part of town. In many 19th- and early-20th-century America, railroad tracks divided a city or town. On one side was the middle- and upper-class residential and commercial area. On the other were factories and residential shacks and tenements. Since residents of the former made class distinctions and applied appropriate language, anyone from the other part of town came from the wrong side of the tracks.
See also: of, side, track, wrong

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Koukiko:-keeJapanese
Gamila-Arabic (Egyptian)
Alva (1)-Swedish, Norwegian
Karinakah-REE-nah (Swedish, Polish, German, Russian), kə-REE-nə (English)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, German, Russian, English
Helenehe-LEN (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), he-LE-nu (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Lucinaloo-SEEN-ə (English)Roman Mythology
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