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stony-broke::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | broke, bust, skint, stone-broke |
Examples of stony-broke
stony-broke
He was making a lot of money but in the global meltdown lost it all and is now flat, stony broke.
From the nzherald.co.nz
If you're eating ready meals in January, where will you be by next Christmas, except stony broke?
From the guardian.co.uk
Only nowadays, they also have to borrow even more debt in order to lend it out again to stony-broke Greece.
From the guardian.co.uk
Coma, the 2009 champion, led off the motorbikes and broke the stony trail from San Salvador de Jujuy to Calama.
From the kentucky.com
Studies show that the known iron meteorites come from about 80 different parent asteroids, while the thousands of known stony meteorites broke off from just 40 or so parent bodies.
From the newscientist.com
When you're absolutely stony rock-bottom broke, well, you might as well have a party and the first two weeks of August look like a moment of much-needed jollity in the dark.
From the guardian.co.uk
Grzegorz Piotrowski, the cashiered secret-police captain who was in turn arrogant and stony-faced during the six-week trial, finally broke down and wept last week.
From the time.com
