Related Clues:

• Down-at-heel — mean
• Dowdy
• Dingy — dirty
• Badly clad — sort of trick?
• Moth-eaten — dishonourable
• Starting to unravel
• Not well maintained
• Began to unravel
• Raggedy
• Dingy; dishonourable
• Worn into loose threads
• Became strained and anxious when first ignored in conversation
• Worn and dirty; mean
• Worn at edges
• Tatty chap, always inside