past tense and obsolete past participle of break (v.); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken in this sense is attested from 1590s). Old English cognate broc meant, in addit [..]

lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" (broken) physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror&amp [..]

  to act as a procurer.

Machine trim or undesirable paper that is returned to the beaters.

past of break

(In the sense of having no money)

Pulp recovered from paperboard trimmings, damaged paperboard, or off spec product anywhere in the manufacturing process.

Paper or board that is discarded at any stage during its manufacture and is usually repulped. There are 2 kinds - wet broke, which Is accumulated at the wet end of the papermaking machine; dry broke w [..]

(v) cease an action temporarily(v) interrupt the flow of current in(v) undergo breaking(v) find a flaw in(v) find the solution or key to(v) change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another [..]

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carton. Less than one full carton of paper.

Machine trim or damaged paper that is pulped and returned to the papermaking process within the mill.

to act as a procurer

Paper that is to be reprocessed from any part of a paper mill. The term originates, when the paper web broke on the paper machine and the resultant mess of scrap paper was gathered and repulped.

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