stone broke
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: stone-broke
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From stone (“absolutely, completely”) + broke, probably under the influence of earlier expressions such as hard up.
Adjective[edit]
stone broke (not comparable)
- (slang) Synonym of broke: without any money.
- 1981, Olivier Bernier, chapter XII, in Pleasure & Privilege, page 197:
- Naples wasn't exactly short of nobility... Some were stone broke.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “stone broke”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “broke, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1888.
- “stone, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1917.