Usually means: Poor area, opposite affluent side.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word wrong side of the tracks:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrong side of the tracks, the wrong side of the tracks: Merriam-Webster
  2. the wrong side of the tracks: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. the wrong side of the tracks: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wrong side of the tracks: Wiktionary
  5. Wrong Side of the Tracks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wrong side of the tracks, the wrong side of the tracks: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wrong side of the tracks: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (wrong side of the tracks)

noun:  (idiomatic) The part of town that is not inhabited by the wealthy. An area where the working class, poor or extremely poor live.

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