stony-broke

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British slang completely without money; pennilessUS and Canadian term: stone-broke

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Words nearby stony-broke

Stonington, stonk, stonker, stonkered, stony, stony-broke, Stony Brook, stony coral, stony-faced, stony-hearted, stony-iron meteorite

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How to use stony-broke in a sentence

The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
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“We broke off shortly after because we were more ambitious,” says Lean.
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Riots broke out in 1994, after Iranian authorities replaced a Sunni mosque in Mashad with a development project.
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The two sides taunted and insulted each other but with police separating them no violence broke out.
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In October, news broke that Regal hired Morgan Stanley to explore a possible sale.
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The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The great plague of this and the subsequent year broke out at St. Giles, London.
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The Senora Moreno's heart broke within her, when those words passed her lips to her adored Felipe.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
A sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.
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Walls End Castle, when the party broke up, returned to its normal state.
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