wrong side of town

Meanings

noun

Synonym of wrong side of the tracks.
My folks were always putting him down / They said he came from the wrong side of town
1965, George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, “Leader of the Pack”, performed by The Shangri-Las
Synonyms: wrong side of the tracks

nounSynonym of wrong side of the tracks.

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