Adjective: stone-broke 'stown'browk
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Without or very short of money
"not so long ago that he was so stone-broke his debit card was declined";
- broke [informal], bust [informal], skint [Brit, informal], stony-broke [Brit, informal], strapped [informal], cash-strapped [informal], strapped for cash [informal]
See also: poor