impecuniosity

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Contrasted with the magnificence of the Habsburg Court, her impecuniosity is a greater hardship than it would be to an ordinary person, especially as she has five children to support.

From Time Magazine Archive

To help the family impecuniosity Shaw went to work at 15, rose to be a cashier before he decided to seek his literary fortune in London.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hollywood's swashbuckling monument to impecuniosity has been dead for ten years, but Daughter Deirdre Flynn, 24, seems to be upholding the family name.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though somewhat different in detail, the impecuniosity of the late distinguished journalist, G. A. Sala, when a young man, was equally felicitous.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.

On one occasion, driven, we presume, by impecuniosity, Joe volunteered as a seaman, and served under the Duke of York.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.