down-at-the-heel
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Steppenwolf will also mount productions of Conor McPherson’s play “The Night Alive,” about down-at-the-heel Dubliners, and David Adjmi’s satire “Marie Antoinette.”
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2014
Albright paints in an old wooden house in a dreary down-at-the-heel section of Chicago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sickest men in the U.S. were the leaders of C.I.O., meeting in fourth annual convention in Detroit's dingy, down-at-the-heel Moose Temple.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chekhov's point was subtle: to a girl like Nina, the more down-at-the-heel Trigorin is, the more exciting he will seem.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you are down-at-the-heel, the glossy condition of your hat will not alter his opinion about you.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
