out at the heels vs slatternly

out at the heels

adj

  • Shabby, or in a poor plight. 

  • Wearing stockings that are worn out. 

slatternly

adj

  • Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern. 

adv

  • In a slatternly manner. 

How often have the words out at the heels and slatternly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )