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Meanings of absolutely penniless in English

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Usage of absolutely penniless in English
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The only time I depended on others was when I was absolutely penniless.
The Guardian
2
At my death you will be absolutely penniless, a beggar in the street.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
3
She stood there, young, strong, beautiful, and absolutely penniless; and Rome was before her.
Whosoever Shall Offend
4
His military career now over, he found himself absolutely penniless.
Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers
5
To tell the truth of him,-thoughhe was not absolutely penniless, he was altogether propertyless.
The Prime Minister
6
The partner of his crime was absolutely penniless.
Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough'
7
The diggers were absolutely penniless, and but for assistance received from private parties they must have starved.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
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He would have been absolutely penniless.
Greifenstein
9
Her father had died absolutely penniless.
Endymion
10
Still I'm not absolutely penniless, and-
Pearl of Pearl Island
11
Callinet, being absolutely penniless, was not prosecuted, but ended his days in the employ of Cavaillé as voicer and tuner.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building / Being an Account of Mo...
12
She was absolutely penniless.
The Eustace Diamonds
13
They were absolutely penniless.
A Noble Life
14
And if anything happened to Bert, what of herself and the four children left absolutely penniless, with a mortgaged home?
Undertow
15
He was absolutely penniless when the manager of a travelling theatrical company engaged him for a consideration of forty-five francs per month.
The Honor of the Name
16
A dollar and a quarter seems a small sum, but if you are absolutely penniless it might as well be a thousand.
Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
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