stony broke

== English == === Alternative forms === stony-broke === Etymology === From stony (“like a stone”) + broke, after earlier stone broke. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === stony broke (not comparable) (UK and Australia, slang) Alternative form of broke: without any money. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:impoverished ==== Derived terms ==== stony (as 'broke') === References === “stony broke”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “broke, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888. “stony, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1917.