spring broke
adj.— «Although I was “spring broke” this year, I did have the opportunity to experience Spring Break as a senior in high school.» —“Up, Down and Out” by Naomi Goldin in Cornell University Cornell Daily Sun (Ithaca, N.Y.) Apr. 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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