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Meanings of stone-broke in English

Lacking funds.

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        Usage of stone-broke in English
        1
        It is surprising, the money that is made out of stone-broke tramps.
        The Road
        2
        In the elegant phraseology of high society I am stone-broke.
        Simon the Jester
        3
        I'm stone-broke, if you want to know.
        The Custom of the Country
        4
        Men may be hard up or even stone-broke; there are slums; there are hard-worked women; but there is no general fear of poverty.
        As We Are and As We May Be
        5
        "Then you aren't absolutely stone-broke," said Sissie, smiling.
        Mr. Prohack
        Stone-broke through the time