down-at-heel



down-at-heel

  (British, American & Australian) also down-at-the-heel (American)
badly dressed or in a bad condition because of a lack of money When I first met her she was down-at-heel but still respectable. The play was set in a down-at-heel hotel in post-war Germany.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ÉLisabethe-lee-za-BETFrench
Chatzkel-Yiddish
Charles[tʃɑ:lz]
'Adoniyah-Biblical Hebrew
Lavinia[lə'viniə]
Elvin['elvin]