PENNILESS
adjectives • BUSHED poor, without money ...1812 sl. • CRACKED penniless; ruined ...1860 obs. • DEAD-ASS BROKE utterly broke ...1971 Amer. sl. • DEAD BROKE penniless ...1842 • FLY-BLOWN penniless ...1850s Aust. sl. • MOTHERLESS BROKE penniless, completely broke, bankrupt, destitute ...1898 Aust. sl. • STONE-BROKE penniless ...1898 US & Can. • STONY-BROKE penniless, completely without money ...19C Brit. sl. • STRANDED penniless; friendless ...1897 colloq. • STRAPPED penniless, bankrupt ...1857 sl. phrases • BE ON ONE'S BACK-SEAM to be out of luck, penniless ...B1890 Eng. tailors' sl. • NOT A BRASS RAZOO absolutely penniless ...20C Aust. & NZ sl. • NOT A FEATHER TO FLY WITH ruined, penniless ...L19 sl. • NOT (TO) HAVE A CRACKER to be penniless ...c1920 Aust. sl. • ON THE RORY poor, penniless ...M19 sl. New words/phrases added: TOO DEAD TO SKIN being of no value whatsoever; worthless ...1873 Amer. sl. SMACKDOWN a bitter contest or confrontation ...20C US colloq. SMACKDOWN a decisive or humiliating defeat or setback ...20C US colloq. RIVER TYNE wine, esp. inferior wine ...1992 US rhyming sl. HEAR A BIRD SING to receive private or secret information ...arch. FILBERT the head ...1909 sl. FILBERT a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person ...1915 Amer. sl. FICKY-FICK sexual intercourse ...1961 Amer. military sl. FICKY-FICK to have sexual intercourse ...1961 Amer. military sl.
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