stone broke
See also: stone-broke
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From stone (“absolutely, completely”) + broke, probably under the influence of earlier expressions such as hard up.
Adjective
Derived terms
References
- stone broke at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “broke, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888. - “stone, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1917.
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