stone-broke
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stone-broke adjective
- Financially ruined, bankrupt.
- Without any money, penniless.“dead broke; flat broke”
- Broken.“If it ain't broke, don't fix it.”
- Demoted, deprived of a commission.“He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.”
Adjective
stone-broke adjective
- Broke off, rich, wealthy
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stony-brokepoorskintbustbrokebroke-downbrokenhandedhard-upstonecoldbone-hardbrokebackcash strappedgreen-brokebroken-heartedcurbstonedgun-broke
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