stone-broke

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.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

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.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

Harry is stone-broke one moment, but darts away and will return with money which will provide for an astonishing trip to London.

Melville in Love Hardwick, Elizabeth 2000

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.

Petty Pewter Gods Cook, Glen 1995

I wish it would, because I'm stone-broke and haven't any more cartridges.

Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Charles Garvice

"But you," said Forrest to the earl, "what would you do if you were stone-broke?"

The Spread Eagle and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris 1914

It is surprising, the money that is made out of stone-broke tramps.

Some Adventures With the Police 1908

It is surprising, the money that is made out of stone-broke tramps.

Bulls 1907

"And you will always be hearing racing 'shop,' and how much somebody won, nobody ever talks about their losses until they are stone-broke."

Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Charles Turley 1904

'They're as proud as a turkey when they hold the ready cash, You ought to' ear the way they laugh an 'joke; They are tricky an' they're funny when they've got the ready money, -- Ow! but see 'em when they're all stone-broke. '

The Light That Failed Rudyard Kipling 1900