SEAMY


Meaning of SEAMY in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

side

She was a tough girl with an abrasive manner, and seemed very knowledgeable about the seamy side of life.

Then and later, Alvin was interested in putting the seamier side of life onstage.

Buckmaster's habit of distancing himself from the seamier side of the company worried him.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

She was a tough girl with an abrasive manner, and seemed very knowledgeable about the seamy side of life.

She would go into seamy dives, sitting there, listening, consoling.

Some of them are pretty seamy places.

Then and later, Alvin was interested in putting the seamier side of life onstage.

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