Meanings
adjectivestone broke (not comparable)
alternative stone-broke
- not comparableslangSynonym of broke: without any money.
Stone-broke P... völlig zu Grunde gerichtet.
1886, Heinrich Baumann, Londinismen: Slang und Cant, page 1961 more example
Naples wasn't exactly short of nobility... Some were stone broke.
1981, Olivier Bernier, chapter XII, in Pleasure & Privilege, page 197Synonyms: broke
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of broke: without any money.
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Origin
From stone (“absolutely, completely”) + broke, probably under the influence of earlier expressions such as hard up.
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stone broke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20broke
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