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verb
1.
a simple past tense of break.
2.
Nonstandard. a past participle of break.
3.
Archaic. a past participle of break.
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Go for broke
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So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
noun
Idioms6.
Papermaking. paper unfit for sale; paper that is to be repulped.
7.
brokes, wool of poor quality taken from the neck and belly of sheep.
8.
go broke,
a.
to become destitute of money or possessions.
b.
to go bankrupt: In that business people are forever going broke.
9.
go for broke, to exert oneself or employ one's resources to the utmost.
Origin:
1655–65 (adj.); 1875–80 (noun)
1655–65 (adj.); 1875–80 (noun)
Synonyms
4, 5. insolvent, destitute, impoverished.
4, 5. insolvent, destitute, impoverished.
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Word Origin & History
broke
past tense and obsolete pp. of break (variant of broken); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken, in this sense, is attested from 1590s). By coincidence, O.E. cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery;" but that sense died out long before the current
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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