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stone-broke

stone-broke is the alternative form of stone broke.

Meaning of stone broke

Adjective

stone broke (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Synonym of broke: without any money.
    • Stone-broke P... völlig zu Grunde gerichtet.1886, Heinrich Baumann, Londinismen: Slang und Cant, page 196
    Synonyms:
    broke

Questions about stone-broke

What is stone-broke the alternative form of?
Stone-broke is the alternative form of stone broke.

Words near stone-broke in the dictionary

  1. stone's throws
  2. stone-age
  3. stone-blind
  4. stone-bow
  5. stone-bows
  6. stone-broke
  7. stone-caching
  8. stone-cold
  9. stone-cold fox
  10. stone-cold foxes
  11. stone-cold sober

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