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    stony broke

    adjective

    • 1. entirely without money. informal British "all his friends were stony broke"
  2. stony broke. She foresees a gambler's end for me, stony broke, languishing in dungeons and all that sort of thing. From Project Gutenberg. He went stony broke the first year. From Project Gutenberg. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

    • English (US)

      adjective [ after verb ] UK informal us / ˌstoʊ.ni ˈbroʊk /...

  3. adjective [ after verb ] UK informal us / ˌstoʊ.ni ˈbroʊk / uk / ˌstəʊ.ni ˈbrəʊk / (US stone broke) If someone is stony broke, they have no money. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.

  4. 6 days ago · The meaning of STONY BROKE is having no money at all. How to use stony broke in a sentence.

  5. Stony-broke definition: completely without money; penniless. See examples of STONY-BROKE used in a sentence.

  6. British slang completely without money; penniless US and Canadian term: stone-broke.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  7. 4 days ago · Definitions of stony-broke. adjective. lacking funds. synonyms: broke, bust, skint, stone-broke. poor. having little money or few possessions. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Stony-broke." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/stony-broke. Accessed 02 Jul. 2024. Copy citation.

  8. Definition of 'stony-broke' Word Frequency. ×. Credits. ×. stony-broke in British English. adjective. British slang. completely without money; penniless. US and Canadian term: stone-broke. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'stony-broke' in a sentence. stony-broke.