1. The town has become very down at heel.
2. His boots were patched down at heel.
3. He's always so down at heel; is he hard up or just slovenly?
4. My shoes are down at heel; I must have them repaired.
5. Haggard and pale, shabbily or raggedly dressed, their and down at heel, they slouched past.
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