Thesaurus / impecunious
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His friend, John Hancock, born the son of an impecunious country parson, was adopted by his childless uncle, probably the richest merchant in New England.
HOW WEALTHY WERE THE FOUNDING FATHERS?WILLARD STERNE RANDALLFEBRUARY 21, 2022TIMEWe’re not talking public or academic institutions, but what any impecunious collector vainly covets — an English country-house library or what Byers calls a “bookwrapt” study like that of Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady.”
I LOVE BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. HERE ARE SEVEN OF MY CURRENT FAVORITES.MICHAEL DIRDASEPTEMBER 29, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWith him we have not anything to do, except to say that of all men he was the most impecunious.
AN OLD MAN'S LOVEANTHONY TROLLOPEThey seemed an impecunious assemblage, gathered for mere sport.
MYSTIC LONDON:CHARLES MAURICE DAVIESI'm the only niece of poor but impecunious relatives, and they expect me to do my best and marry well.
THE GENTLE ART OF COOKING WIVESELIZABETH STRONG WORTHINGTONAnd as a single man he had succeeded, being sometimes utterly impecunious, but still with a capacity of living.
THE PRIME MINISTERANTHONY TROLLOPEShe had sometimes heard that Everett was impecunious, but that had simply indicated an additional call upon her father.
THE PRIME MINISTERANTHONY TROLLOPEThough honest, he was poor; and my beloved and beautiful mother came of a line as well connected and impecunious as his own.
MRS. VANDERSTEIN'S JEWELSMRS. CHARLES BRYCEHere formerly lived the impecunious father of John Jacob Astor and his brother.
THE HARRIS-INGRAM EXPERIMENTCHARLES E. BOLTONHis red face beamed with apparent pleasure as he beckoned his impecunious visitor to a chair.
CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL OF POPULAR LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ARTVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO IMPECUNIOUS
- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind the eight ball
- broke
- destitute
- dirt poor
- down-and-out
- empty-handed
- flat
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need
- in want
- indigent
- insolvent
- low
- meager
- moneyless
- necessitous
- needy
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
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