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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

In down-at-the-heel West Cincinnati, the members of the West Cincinnati Presbyterian Church and St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, faced with similar problems, united in 1945.

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

Another, Italy's Vittorio Emanuele III, is a somewhat down-at-the-heel cobelligerent of the United Nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was rather under middle-size, dressed in down-at-the-heel boots, butternut jeans, cotton shirt, and dusty, ragged slouch hat.

From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod




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