variants or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels

Examples of down-at-the-heels in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital, where secrets hide behind white picket fences. Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024 Born 200 years ago in Wales to intellectually curious but down-at-the-heels parents, Wallace was forced to leave school at age 14. Jennie Erin Smith, wsj.com, 14 Apr. 2023

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“Down-at-the-heels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down-at-the-heels. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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