I wish it would, because I'm stone-broke and haven't any more cartridges. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Petty Pewter Gods]
It is surprising, the money that is made out of stone-broke tramps. From Wordnik.com. [Some Adventures With the Police] Reference
"But you," said Forrest to the earl, "what would you do if you were stone-broke?". From Wordnik.com. [The Spread Eagle and Other Stories] Reference
Men may be hard up or even stone-broke; there are slums; there are hard-worked women; but there is no general fear of poverty. From Wordnik.com. [As We Are and As We May Be] Reference
"And you will always be hearing racing 'shop,' and how much somebody won, nobody ever talks about their losses until they are stone-broke.". From Wordnik.com. [Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate] Reference
'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. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Light That Failed] Reference
"No. No. the best one was definitely, 'Even if I was stone-broke, there's not enough money in the world to make me work for No.ton again.'. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Noses Warm Kisses]
Well, when she came to the door that morning, I told her so, and that I was stone-broke; and she took me right in, and fetched out the pie. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Wrecker] Reference
Pretty sure he was also stone-broke. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Scarlet Begonias"] Reference
I'm stone-broke, if you want to know. From Wordnik.com. [The Custom of the Country] Reference
And now, a prey to stone-broke melancholia. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893] Reference
The whole company was on the bum and stone-broke. From Wordnik.com. [It, and Other Stories] Reference
"it's dollars to doughnuts that both of 'em will be stone-broke. From Wordnik.com. [The Lure of the Mask] Reference
He was stone-broke. From Wordnik.com. [The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896] Reference
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