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down–at–the–heels
adjective
: looking or seeming cheap or poor and dirty or worn
Full Definition of DOWN-AT-THE-HEELS
: shabby
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Variants of DOWN-AT-THE-HEELS
down–at–the–heels or down–at–heel also down–at–the–heel or down–at–heels
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First Known Use of DOWN-AT-THE-HEELS
1732
Related to DOWN-AT-THE-HEELS
- Synonyms
- beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown
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