down-at-heel

See also: down at heel

English

Adjective

down-at-heel

1. Alternative form of down at heel
   • 2021 October 6, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Anglia”, in RAIL, number 941, page 29:

     St Ives: The guided busway on the old railway alignment to Cambridge has just passed its tenth anniversary. Railfuture has noted its down-at-heel physical appearance, with dirty concrete beams, damaged sound barriers, and unmanaged vegetation.

   • 2021 July 14, “Network News: New Wickford station on the way”, in RAIL, number 935, page 24:

     The station has been down-at-heel for over 20 years, since some of the original main buildings were destroyed by fire.

See also

• down-at-the-heels

References

• “down at heel”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “down-at-heeled”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “down-at-heel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.