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But - aside from a fleeting night when she ran away to "down-at-heel" Fulham after a family row - Jane and Lynne had little in common.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

One of the criteria was that it had to be a town that needed economic regeneration, so almost inevitably it had to be somewhere a bit down-at-heel.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

When moving to Downing Street, Thatcher described the Cabinet Ante Room as looking like “a down-at-heel Pall Mall club, with heavy and worn leather furniture.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2021

"Have you fallen in with a mad cast of plucky, down-at-heel characters?"

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2018

Her rusty black, her cheap stockings, her down-at-heel shoes, and her faded hat combined to present a picture of poverty.

From The Stretton Street Affair by Le Queux, William




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