stony broke en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From stony (“like a stone”) + broke, after earlier stone broke.
Meanings
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(Australia, UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, slang) Alternative form of broke: without any money.
alt of broke
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.
1890, Albert Barrère et al., A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon, and Cant, volume II, page 120:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stony-broke | alternative | lexicographic |