English Explanatory Dictionary

broker than the Ten Commandments

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Extremely impoverished.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

broker than the Ten Commandments

Etymology

A pun on the sense of broke 'without money' and broken, with potential reference both to Moses' destruction ('breaking') of the tablets on Mount Sinai (Exodus 32:19) and sinners' violation ('breaking') of the Ten Commandments in daily life.

Synonyms

impoverished
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