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seamy side
- The sordid, unattractive aspect of something: “Lying and stealing are part of the seamy side of life.â€
Idioms and Phrases
The sordid or base aspect of something, as in This nightclub certainly shows you the seamy side of the community . This term refers to the wrong side of a garment, revealing the stitched seams. Shakespeare used it figuratively in Othello (4:2): “That turn'd your wit the seamy side without.â€Example Sentences
The book offers a powerful glimpse into the seamy side of 1970s rock 'n' roll, a time capsule-like rendering of a bygone age.
Soon after Roosevelt assumed office following McKinley’s assassination, Lincoln sent him a letter of condolence, in which he wrote, “I do not congratulate you, for I have seen too much of the seamy side of the Presidential Robe to view it as an enviable garment.â€
Valray’s distinctive style is marked by off-center compositions and elliptical storytelling as well as a near-documentary obsession with the seamy side of Mediterranean ports like his hometown, Toulon.
His foray into the seamy side of politics began in the late 1990s when Flynt placed a full-page ad in the Washington Post announcing “a cash offer of up to one million dollars†to anyone who could prove having an adulterous sexual encounter with a high-ranking government official or current member of Congress.
A former golf pro that a young Woods worked with, Joe Grohman, revealed how he and Earl Woods exposed the prodigy to a seamy side of life.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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