Brewer's: Cleared out

I am quite cleared out. I have spent all my money, I have not a farthing left. In French, Je suis Anglé (See French Leave.) Cleared out means, my purse or pocket is cleared out of money.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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