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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: seamy 'having the rough side of the seam showing' (17-19 centuries), from seam

seamy

 adjective
     
seam‧y
involving unpleasant things such as crime, violence, or immorality:
the seamy side of the World Wide Web
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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