Both Uses of
bankrupt
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- He told me once, with an air of pride, that his three bankruptcies were entirely due to the poet, whom he insisted on calling 'The Bard.'†
Chpt 3 *
- At least he declared he did, and insisted on shaking him by the hand, and assured him that he was proud to meet a man who had discovered a real genius and gone bankrupt over Shakespeare.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(bankrupt as in: company went bankrupt) legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed
or (informally): the state of having little or no money -
(2)
(bankrupt as in: bankrupt idea) without value or without a particular quality