stony broke

  • 1stony broke — UK US adjective informal very poor, or without any money Thesaurus: poorsynonym * * * stony ˈbroke idiom = ↑flat broke …

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  • 2stony broke — adjective INFORMAL very poor or without any money …

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  • 3stony-broke — adjective lacking funds skint is a British slang term • Syn: ↑broke, ↑bust, ↑skint, ↑stone broke • Similar to: ↑poor * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| adjective …

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  • 4stony-broke — /stoʊni ˈbroʊk/ (say stohnee brohk) adjective Colloquial having no money whatever. Also, stone broke, stony …

  • 5stony broke — adjective Completely without money to spend. Syn: boracic, skint …

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  • 6stony broke — adjective Brit. informal entirely without money …

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  • 7stony broke — UK / US adjective informal very poor, or without any money …

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  • 8broke — [brəʊk ǁ broʊk] adjective informal 1. having no money at all or very little money: • By 1933 his career was over and he was broke. 2. flat broke , stony broke completely without money; = PENNILESS …

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  • 9stony — adj. (stonier, stoniest) 1 full of or covered with stones (stony soil; a stony road). 2 a hard, rigid. b cold, unfeeling, uncompromising (a stony stare; a stony silence). Phrases and idioms: stony broke Brit. sl. entirely without money. stony… …

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  • 10broke — broke1 [brəuk US brouk] the past tense of ↑break broke 2 broke2 adj [not before noun] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: An old past participle of break] 1.) having no money ▪ I m fed up with being broke all the time. flat/stony broke (=completely broke)… …

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