also down at heel
Something that is down-at-heel is in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down-at-heel , you mean that they are wearing old, worn clothes because they have little money.
...a down-at-heel disco in central East Berlin.
...a down-at-heel waitress in a greasy New York diner.
= shabby
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