Usually means: Neglected, shabby due to poverty.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word down-at-the-heel:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. down-at-the-heel: Merriam-Webster
  2. down-at-the-heel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. down-at-the-heel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. down-at-the-heel: Dictionary.com
  5. down-at-the-heel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. down-at-the-heel: Wiktionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. down-at-the-heel: A Word A Day
  2. down-at-the-heel: Idioms

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

adjective:  Alternative form of down-at-the-heels


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