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penniless

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1. penniless - Adjective

2. penniless - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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My life is fair game for anybody. I spent an unhappy, penniless childhood in Brooklyn. I had to slug my way up in a town called Hollywood where people love to trample you to death. I don't relax because I don't know how. I don't want to know how. Life is too short to relax. Susan Hayward

We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country .... expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly. Theodor Herzl

The thing you've got to watch for is going broke when you're old. Look at all the people that go down and out at the finish. The man who built my country place is blind now and penniless. That's terrible! Pearl White

They the Jews suck them like leeches. I'm so tired of it. They start out the most popular person in the world, make a lot of money, big house, cars and everything and end up penniless. It's a conspiracy. The Jews do it on purpose. Michael Jackson

As long as there are fools in the world, no one will be penniless. Afghan Proverb

Who approaches women penniless will be told: get lost. Sicilian Proverb

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