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down-at-the-heels


down-at-the-heels or down-at-the-heel [doun-uh t-th uh-heelz or doun-uh t-th uh-heel] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

  1. of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.

Also down-at-heel, down-at-heels. Origin of down-at-the-heels First recorded in 1695–1705 Examples from the Web for down-at-the-heels Historical Examples of down-at-the-heels

  • “Down-at-the-heels gentility gone into trade,” smiled Marcia.

    Destiny

    Charles Neville Buck

  • Mr. Howells has aptly described Hannibal as a “loafing, out-at-elbows, down-at-the-heels, slaveholding Mississippi river town.”

    Mark Twain

    Archibald Henderson

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