down-at-heel
See also: down at heel
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.