Possible Clues:

• Frayed and worn
• Uneven indignation over great director
• Turns up, opening salutation on paper about horse is a bit uneven
• Threadbare
• and 23: Ridiculed group swimming where urchins were formed?
• Like worn-out clothing, made fun of
• Teased for being shabbily dressed
• "Seven and the ___ Tiger"
• Old and torn, clothes say
• Made fun of for being down at heel