stony broke
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stony broke
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From stony (“like a stone”) + broke, after earlier stone broke.
adjective stony-broke
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Alternative form of broke: without any money.
He had arrived at a crisis of impecuniosity compared to which the small circumstance of being pebble-beached and stony-broke might be described as comparative affluence.
Similar: impoverished
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title = {stony broke},
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