When I, good friends, was called to the bar, I'd an appetite fresh and hearty, But I was, as many young barristers are, An impecunious party.
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Impecunious
/ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/
Synonyms for "impecunious" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
hardhard upill offill-offimpeccableimpoverishedin narrow circumstancesin queer streetin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstances
Adjective(2 words)
hard upin straitened circumstances
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (23)
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More general
3 entrieseconomic statusfinancial conditionsocioeconomic status
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3 entriesCollocations
5 entriesimpecunious familiesimpecunious householdsimpecunious individualsimpecunious nationimpecunious student
Inflections
2 entriesmore impecuniousmost impecunious
Derivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
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"Then what became of her?" "Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'" "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff." "Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers." "Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria." "Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."
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[I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee.
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The Rhymney (51 route miles), once an impecunious hanger-on of the Taff Vale, had enjoyed its own route through Caerphilly into Cardiff since 1871, [...].
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