stone broke
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See also: stone-broke
English
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Etymology
From stone (“absolutely, completely”) + broke, probably under the influence of earlier expressions such as hard up.
Adjective
stone broke (not comparable)
- (slang) Synonym of broke: without any money.
- 1981, Olivier Bernier, chapter XII, in Pleasure & Privilege, page 197:
- Naples wasn't exactly short of nobility... Some were stone broke.
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References
- “stone broke”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “broke, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1888. - “stone, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1917.
