broke

adj

Etymology: Clipping of broke off.

1. Broke off, rich, wealthy

name

1. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English broce, from Old English gebroc (“fragment”), from brecan (“to break”). Compare broken, past participle of break. Compare also Scots brock (“a scrap of meat or bread”).

1. Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.

   “If the broke accumulates, a larger proportion can be used in making coloured papers, otherwise the above quantity is sufiicient.”

   “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.”

2. A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.

   “Why dost though linger, then, / To hear the flatteries of these men of rags? / These bankrupt beggar-men, / Whose riches are the broke meat in their bags?”

verb

Etymology: Back-formation from broker.

1. To act as a broker; to transact business for another; synonym of broker.

   “Agents broking with various other carriers can offer additional options.”

   “The only evidence of bill-broking is, that he has often been a party to bills of exchange”

2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.

   “But we do want a certain necessary / Woman, to broke between them CUPID said;”

   “And brokes with all that can in such a suit / Corrupt the tender honour of a maid.”