Meanings
adjectivestony broke (not comparable)
alternative stony-broke
- AustraliaUKalternativenot comparableslangAlternative form of broke: without any money.
He had arrived at a crisis of impecuniosity compared to which the small circumstance of being pebble-beached and stony-broke might be described as comparative affluence.
1890, Albert Barrère et al., A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon, and Cant, volume II, page 120Synonyms: impoverished
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From stony (“like a stone”) + broke, after earlier stone broke.
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