down-at-heel
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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
A trail of leads soon takes him driving back across the border to Mexico to sleazy resorts, mountaintop villages and down-at-heel hotels in search of the truth over Zinn’s demise.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2018
Even with backers on board, Mr Sharp couldn't afford a posh address, instead he built the first Four Seasons hotel in a down-at-heel part of downtown Toronto.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2016
If ever a place had a down-at-heel, out-of-elbow sort of look, it was Calvary Alley.
From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan