broke
/ˈbɹoʊ̯k/ adjective B1- Financially ruined, bankrupt. · He was broke after spending all his money into video games.
- Without any money, penniless. · dead broke; flat broke
- Demoted, deprived of a commission. · He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.
Comparative broker · Superlative brokest
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At this moment the door of the house opened, and a large plate came skimming out, straight at the Footman’s head: it just grazed his nose, and broke to pieces against one of the trees behind him.
## THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER
Pitcher, confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer.
The machine sitting at that desk was no longer a man; it was a busy New York broker, moved by buzzing wheels and uncoiling springs.
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