swept adj.
(N.Z.) totally without money.
![]() | (con. WWI) Sl. To-day and Yesterday (1933) 287: When I done all my sugar [...] he went very hostile because I never told him I was swept. | in Partridge|
![]() | (ref. to WWI) Sl. To-day and Yesterday 286: [The] following [was] employed by those who served in the [Great] War – swept, cleaned out of money. [Ibid.] 287: When I done all my sugar and never even had the makings, he went very hostile because I never told him I was swept. | in Partridge|
![]() | B.J. Cameron Collection (TS July) n.p.: swept (adj) Had it, washed up [DNZE]. | |
![]() | One of Us 169: ‘You’ll have to give me some more money,’ he said to Sam. ‘I’m swept again.’ [DNZE]. | |
![]() | Truth (Wellington) 11 July 43: She was clean swept too, so it wasn’t any use trying to take up a collection from her [DNZE]. | |
![]() | Dict. of Kiwi Sl. | |
![]() | Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988]. |