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on the wrong side of the blanket

on the wrong side of the blanket prepositional phrase: born illegitimately, outside of wedlock.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (dated, idiomatic, informal) Born illegitimately, outside of wedlock.

Questions about on the wrong side of the blanket

What does on the wrong side of the blanket mean?
On the wrong side of the blanket means born illegitimately, outside of wedlock.
What part of speech is on the wrong side of the blanket?
On the wrong side of the blanket is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the wrong side of the blanket in the dictionary

  1. on the wind
  2. on the wing
  3. on the wings of the wind
  4. on the wrong foot
  5. on the wrong side of history
  6. on the wrong side of the blanket
  7. on the wrong track
  8. on thin ice
  9. on this score
  10. on threes
  11. on tick

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