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Definition of Stony-broke
1. Adjective. Lacking funds. "`skint' is a British slang term"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stony-broke
Literary usage of Stony-broke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Without means; STONY- BROKE (yV) ; HIGH-AND-DRY PEASE-KILL. ... In the slang of
the day a gentleman who is stony broke " describes himself as PEBBLY BEACH. ..."
2. The Transvaal in War and Peace by Neville Edwards (1900)
"He is usually in a chronically " stony- broke " condition, with short intervals
of millionaire ... In "stony-broke" days the veld or Swaziland swallows him ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Dusty, gritty, or stony broke (popular), without a sou. " I've been as flash as
they make 'em in my time, and you'll 'ardly believe it"— this in a hoarse ..."
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