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Meanings of almost penniless in English

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Usage of almost penniless in English
1
One sad feature of his affliction was that he was left almost penniless.
Brave Tom; Or, The Battle That Won
2
They set to work at once, for they were almost penniless.
The Young Bank Messenger
3
The end came unexpectedly and took me unawares, and I am almost penniless here.
Pearl of Pearl Island
4
His estate had been much impoverished, and his widow was now left almost penniless.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow
5
Learning that they were almost penniless, they had patiently set about earning honest bread.
He Fell in Love with His Wife
6
They sent the girls to Bryn Mawr last week and turned her adrift, almost penniless.
Frances Waldeaux: A Novel
7
His father had died leaving nine children almost penniless.
Pushing to the Front
8
Did you not tell me when you entered my employ that you were almost penniless?
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
9
Miss Glynn came over to London almost penniless, and expecting the birth of her illegitimate child.
The Lake
10
He was a stranger there, and almost penniless.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
11
He arrived at age 17, almost penniless.
The new yorker
12
He was master of it, and of a wife, and children; he, the lonely, almost penniless man.
Cobwebs and Cables
13
Here I am homeless, friendless, almost penniless.
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure
14
I knew that there was a young Count d'Al--belonging to a noble family, but almost penniless.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
15
Being induced by false representations to go to England, he found himself almost penniless in a strange land.
A Brief History of the United States
16
I am an almost penniless adventurer, and for urgent reasons of my own I seek to win fortune.
The People of the Mist
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