| 单词 | stony-broke |
| 例句 | As I jokingly said to my missus, I should soon be stony-broke. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "I'm stony-broke, you see," he explained with increased bitterness. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z I've been stony-broke myself a dozen times, and I've lived to think that these were the moments when I enjoyed my life the most. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Indeed, if they may be believed, the subalterns of "the Brigade" never vary from a condition which they always describe as stony-broke. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 I tell these people they can sue her—but, man, you might as well sue the statue of Oliver Cromwell——" "He being stony-broke likewise," said I. " The Man Who Drove the Car "And now I'll be as good as stony-broke for the next two years." Tom Gerrard I had very little hope that she could ever be got to care, even if I could reconcile it with common decency to ask a girl to think of a stony-broke beggar like me. My Friend the Chauffeur Then went down to the station as the train des d�cav�s, the train of the stony-broke, steamed in; and they settled themselves in an empty first-class compartment. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World He came away from China stony-broke, picked up a few thousands in Singapore and then settled in Rangoon about twelve years ago—and Rangoon has suited him down to the ground. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma And the King said, "Well, we are stony-broke." The Glugs of Gosh Now, her father, the Prince, is stony-broke, and hasn't left his house for years for fear of arrest. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan So I resolved to acquire a dog, and bought one from a prospector, who was stony-broke and would have sold his soul for a drink. Prester John He's sure stony-broke, not being able to turn a card because of the marshal. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West And me over there working thirteen and fourteen hours a day, and half the time stony-broke! The Avenger When I found myself stony-broke, I hunted up my Baltimore relations. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch Besides, I'm stony-broke and, financially, the great god Gibbs appeals to me. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life My Lord, if the case goes against me, I'm done ... stony-broke! Australia Felix |
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