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down-at-heel

  [doun-uht-heel]
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–adjective
of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
Also, down-at-the-heel, down-at-heels, down-at-the-heels.

Origin:
1695–1705
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down-at-heel   (doun'ət-hēl')
adj.  

  1. Worn out from long use or neglect; dilapidated.

  2. Shabbily dressed because of poverty; seedy.

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