Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broker than the ten commandments

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: bro-ker than the ten -com-mand-ments
IPA

49

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely impoverished.

Dated; Humorous

Example Sentences

"I needed money—Dad would have said I was broker than the Ten Commandments—so I went to get my old job back..."

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.

Usage

Synonyms

impoverished

Questions

What does broker than the ten commandments mean?: Extremely impoverished.
Where does broker than the ten commandments come from?: 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.

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