We know also that Mr. Sponge is impecunious, his hunters are hired; he is, in fact, as his author describes him, "a vulgar humbug."
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
The impecunious condition of Leech senior before John had reached his eighteenth year was such as to make his chances of getting a living by medicine or surgery, even if successful, so remote as to place them beyond consideration.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
He believed most of Mrs. Acton's guests were acquainted with the fact that he was an impecunious dam-builder.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton