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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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2018

All those present were dressed in the black-shag spencer, the seedy black breeches, and down-at-heel boots, which had become recognised as the distinctive uniform of the sansculotte party.

From I Will Repay by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness




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