stone-broke
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8.6
- adjective
- /stoʊn broʊk/
- Informal
:
sin un centavo
- After losing his job, he found himself stone-broke and unable to pay the rent.
Examples
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Damn it, Billy, you're all stone broke most of the time.
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But, since it's not like that, then we're stone-broke.
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I read in a movie magazine about a fella who landed in Hollywood stone broke... ...and cleaned up a million.
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When her business failed, she ended up stone-broke and living with her parents.
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Many artists often struggle and are stone-broke during the early years of their careers.
Synonyms
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1.8
Having no money
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6.2
People or places that have very little money and few things they need
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7.1
A person who has lost all their money and savings
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6.5
Very poor and without basic things like food or a home
9
5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
2
9.9
Very poor and having almost no money
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7.2
Having no money after a big loss
1
9.9
Having little or no money
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5.4
Having no money to spend
1
9.3
With no money at all
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9.9
Very poor and unable to pay for basic needs
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7.6
Having almost no money
Having no money to pay for things
Having almost no money or things
A person who has little money to pay basic costs
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stone-broke comes from putting stone, used to mean 'completely' as in stone-dead, together with broke, which means 'without money'. So stone-broke means being totally without money.