Usually means: Worn out, shabby, poorly maintained.
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  1. down-at-the-heels: Merriam-Webster
  2. down-at-the-heels: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. down-at-the-heels: Dictionary.com
  4. down-at-the-heels: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  5. down-at-the-heels: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Down-at-the-heels)

adjective:  (US) Alternative form of down at heel [(literally, of footwear) In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby.]

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