stone-broke
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of stone-broke
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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But here I am, desperately hard up—stone-broke, in fact.
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Being stone-broke when you go on board doesn't matter if you ship forward; but aft, to start with bare pockets may get you a bad name.
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I know it was a liberty—I made it out you were no business man, only a stone-broke painter; that half the time you didn’t know anything, anyway, particularly money and accounts.
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"And you will always be hearing racing 'shop,' and how much somebody won, nobody ever talks about their losses until they are stone-broke."
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In Australia, it means a man "down on his luck," "stone-broke," beaten by fortune.
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