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down-at-heel







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But - aside from a fleeting night when she ran away to "down-at-heel" Fulham after a family row - Jane and Lynne had little in common.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024

When moving into 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 Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2021

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

His threadbare dress and down-at-heel shoes denoted anything but a brilliant financial position.

From The Three Eyes by Maurice Leblanc


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