stony-broke


adjective
  1. British slang completely without money; penniless: US and Canadian term: stone-broke

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How to use stony-broke in a sentence

  • "I don't mind you or all the world knowing we're stony broke," he went on, frankly.

    The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
  • I cant stake anything, he said; Ive already told you Im cleaned out,stony-broke, as the slang goes.

    The Sorrows of Satan | Marie Corelli
  • "Don't count on me to pay your fines for you; I'm always stony broke," laughed Opal, as she put on her coat.

    A Fortunate Term | Angela Brazil
  • She foresees a gambler's end for me, stony broke, languishing in dungeons and all that sort of thing.

    Kent Knowles: Quahaug | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Although it was only Monday and he had been at work all the previous week, Philpot was already stony broke.