down-at-heel
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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
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
As such Hester saw it, and she kissed Mrs. Gresley and thanked her, and then ran, herself, to the kitchen with the peace offering, and came back with her sister-in-law's down-at-heel in-door shoes.
From Red Pottage by Cholmondeley, Mary