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broke
adjective
having little or no money, bankrupt UK, 1661
A variant of conventional “broken” used in this sense from C16.- [H]ave a look at Britain’s great new upper class–broke[.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 26, 1962
- I was dead skint and it’s bleedin’ awful being broke[.] — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 85, 1964
▶ go for broke
to make the utmost effort to achieve a desired end US, 1951- Rather than going for broke, Sangakkara is watchful. Perhaps this will be a slow death after all[.] — The Guardian, 10 March 2003
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