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stony broke
adjective[ after verb ]
UKinformaluk /ˌstəʊ.ni ˈbrəʊk/ us /ˌstoʊ.ni ˈbroʊk/(USstone broke)
If someone is stony broke, they have no money.一文不名的，身无分文的
Examples of stony broke
stony broke
She foresees a gambler's end for me, stonybroke, languishing in dungeons and all that sort of thing.
From Project Gutenberg
He went stonybroke the first year.
From Project Gutenberg
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