HARD-UP
ADJECTIVES
1865 — TIGHT in financial difficulties, hard up; of money: scarce → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1883 — DOWN ON THE KNUCKLE-BONE hard-up → sl.
1904 — PUT TO ONE’S STUMPS poor, hard-up → sl. (Bk.)
ADJECTIVES
1865 — TIGHT in financial difficulties, hard up; of money: scarce → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1883 — DOWN ON THE KNUCKLE-BONE hard-up → sl.
1904 — PUT TO ONE’S STUMPS poor, hard-up → sl. (Bk.)