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stone broke

stone broke adjective: synonym of broke: without any money.

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
    • Naples wasn't exactly short of nobility... Some were stone broke.1981, Olivier Bernier, chapter XII, in Pleasure & Privilege, page 197
    Synonyms:
    broke

Synonyms of stone broke

Forms of stone broke

alternative formstone-broke

Origin of stone broke

From stone (“absolutely, completely”) + broke, probably under the influence of earlier expressions such as hard up.

Words formed from stone broke

Questions about stone broke

What does stone broke mean?
Stone broke means synonym of broke: without any money.
What part of speech is stone broke?
Stone broke is an adjective.

Words near stone broke in the dictionary

  1. stone bows
  2. stone bramble
  3. stone brambles
  4. stone brash
  5. stone brashes
  6. stone broke
  7. stone bruise
  8. stone bubble
  9. stone bubbled
  10. stone bubbles
  11. stone bubbling

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