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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
See also stony- broke below, 'stoniness nu. 'Stone Age n (with the) the early
period in history when tools, weapons etc were made of stone : This pottery was
made by people living in the Stone Age ; (litttih) Stone Age houses. stone-cold, ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
5 Brit colloq a short form of stony-broke. • stonily adverb. • stoniness noun. Stony-
broke o adj, Brit colloq absolutely without money; penniless. stony-hearted o adj
callous and unfeeling. • stonyheartedness noun. Stood fast tense, past participle
...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See stone-wall. stoney. See stony. stoney-broke. See stony-broke. stonies.
Marbles made of stone: Aus, children's coll.: C.20. (B.P.) 'stonlsh. To astonish: in
C.19—20, gen. coil. and mostly nursery. stonk, nv A heavy shelling, as in 'giving '
em a ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers,
without two pennies/(brass) farthings to rub together; Brit. informal stony broke,
skint, in Queer Street; N. Amer. informal stone broke; rare pauperized, beggared.
"Stony broke, Cumberledge," he murmured; "stony broke! Honour bright! Unless
Bluebird pulls off the Prince of Wales's Stakes, I really don't know how I'm to pay
the Benchers." "It's quite unimportant," I answered. "I was asked to ask you, and I
...
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Night of the Blood Red Moon: A Cody Lane Adventure
Finally Stony broke the silence. “See what I mean about 'icy reception.' Jack isn't
the same person he was when we were growing up, Lavaile.” “That's for sure,
Stony. He's changed a lot over the years. I first noticed a change just before you ...
Head down, Stony broke into a light trot across the littered concrete floor. The
men had congregated on the twenty-first level, sitting on upended cables or on a
hip-high green metal trash bin. Stony leaned against the bin, his back to them.
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
Police and demonstrators have fought viciously in Red Lion Square, only a
stone's throw from this office. stone-broke/stony-broke troke, pa nje dysh ne xhep
□ The man gambled and was soon stone-broke, O Could you buy me a cup of
tea; ...
The mayor nodded, and as the two men walked slowly across the street, Stony
broke the uncomfortable quiet by opening an apparently different subject. “
Somethin' about the shootin' that bothers me.” “I should hope so!” Jess said
indignantly.
BROKE Stony broke: have no money or penniless He is always stony broke at
the end of the month as he is a big spendthrift. BUCK The buck stops here:
responsibility is accepted and not passed on Let the buck stop here, the blame
cannot ...
ȘTIRI NOI CARE INCLUD TERMENUL «STONY-BROKE»
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stony-broke în contextul următoarelor știri.
Why art and opera make such passionate bedfellows
La Bohème features a stony-broke painter called Marcello among its suffering dreamers. In Tosca, the heroine's lover is a painter named Mario Cavaradossi. «The Guardian, Mai 14»
Nicola Barker: THE YIPS
What's harder to dispute is that he's stony-broke, his hands won't stop shaking and he's talking about himself in the third person - never a good sign. And the fact ... «Daily Mail, Iun 12»
