Meaning of BROKE
Pronunciation: | | browk
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| Definition: | | [adj] lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" |
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| Synonyms: | | bust, poor, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Broke\, v. i. [See {Broker}, and cf. {Brook}.]
1. To transact business for another. [R.] --Brome.
2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.]
We do want a certain necessary woman to broke
between them, Cupid said. --Fanshawe.
And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt
the tender honor of a maid. --Shak.
\Broke\ (br[=o]k),
imp. & p. p. of {Break}.
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| Related Terms: | | bankrupt, beat, beggared, broken, busted, dead, destitute, down-and-out, failed, flat, flat broke, hard up, impoverished, in receivership, indigent, insolvent, needy, on the rocks, on the skids, oofless, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, ruined, short, stone-broke, stony, strapped, up against it |
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