broke

CEFRA1

/ˈbɹəʊ̯k/

adjective · verb

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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He was broke after spending all his money into video games.
It seems some of his Creditors have taken notice of it, and he was like to be broke yesterday in his absence.
You broke the rule.

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The horse was the grey stallion he aye rode, the very beast he had ridden for many a wager with the wild lads of the Cross Keys. No man but himself durst back it, and it had lamed many a hostler lad and broke two necks in its day.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
If the broke accumulates, a larger proportion can be used in making coloured papers, otherwise the above quantity is sufiicient.
1880, James Dunbar, The Practical Papermaker: A Complete Guide to the Manufacture of Paper, page 12
Presumably, most of the brokes and waste were used up in this manner, and during the manufacture of the coarse stuff little or no attention was paid to either cleanliness or colour.
1914, The World's Paper Trade Review Volume 62, page 204
These mills purchase broke from other paper mills through middlemen and use it to make paper.
2014 September 25, Judge Diane Wood, NCR Corp. v. George A. Whiting Paper Co.
The only evidence of bill-broking is, that he has often been a party to bills of exchange
1837, Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery […]

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Ablauted form of break.