| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
or down-at-the-heel | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ; also down-at-heels | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ; or down-at-the-heels | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷
: marked by a slovenly slipshod condition or having a threadbare faded appearance : shabby
loneliness gnawed at the lives of all the guests in … a down-at-the-heel private hotel in an English seaside town — Pamela Taylor
occurred to him that he was down-at-heel, dingy — Martha Gellhorn
should have to pass the hat round or try (dressed like a down-at-heels corner boy) to get some sort of job — Nicholas Monsarrat