wrong side out

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Columnist Drew Pearson, whose inside stories sometimes have the facts wrong side out, had a sizzling inside story early this month for his readers in 600 papers.

From Time Magazine Archive

I turned Celia’s shawl right side out, then wrong side out.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Beatrice went into her room to try the effect of a sash wrong side out.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

Green as spring earlier in the winter, at this season of harvest Nevis looked like a gold mine turned wrong side out.

From The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

"Oh, I am afraid I have!" gasped Barbara, turning her pocket wrong side out.

From The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds by Crane, Laura Dent