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Vinony

wrong side

noun

  1. back side, reverse side
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. The side of a fabric, often with a less visible color or pattern, that is not intended to be seen on a finished project.

    “Trace the pattern on the wrong side so that any mistakes won't show when you're done.”

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wrong, side.

    “Don't drive on the wrong side of the road.”

    “But his grandson Francis, a Yorkist friend of Richard III, backed the wrong side in the Wars of the Roses and was declared a traitor by Henry VII, who confiscated his estates.”