empty as a pauper's purse

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empty as a pauper's purse

adjective

  1. not comparable Completely empty.

    Similar: empty as the tomb on Easter, empty, empty as a pauper's purse, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant, vacuumlike, vacuous, void

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"empty as a pauper's purse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/empty%20as%20a%20pauper's%20purse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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empty as a pauper's purse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/empty%20as%20a%20pauper's%20purse

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"empty as a pauper's purse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/empty%20as%20a%20pauper's%20purse.

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@misc{empty_as_a_pauper_s_purse_2026,
  title = {empty as a pauper's purse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/empty%20as%20a%20pauper's%20purse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}