Definition of "stone-broke" []

• Informal Completely broke; having no money. (adjective)

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• "When he is here, he prefers to dismiss his retinue and dress himself—he is much quicker than one would expect for a prince, but then he was for a long time a stone-broke prince in exile."
• "Harry is stone-broke one moment, but darts away and will return with money which will provide for an astonishing trip to London."
• "We even fell afoul of highwaymen on the return leg, gentlemen so inept they didn't know what to do when they found out that everyone aboard the coach was stone-broke."