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Mercedes-Benzes, Toyota SUVs, Range Rovers are Wicknell Chivayo's vehicles of choice for the recipients, who range from music stars, down-at-heel gospel singers, footballers, church leaders and those loyal to the ruling Zanu-PF party.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

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

R in the Month by Nancy Spain Sadly out of print, this is an atmospheric story set in a down-at-heel hotel in a postwar seaside town.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2019

A different problem: How many casinos or race tracks don’t feel either trashy rich or down-at-heel tacky?

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2018

He was a dandy—fop—macaroni—toff—whatever you choose, too; in a tarnished and down-at-heel way.

From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson




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