Adjective

When I, good friends, was called to the bar,

I'd an appetite fresh and hearty,

But I was, as many young barristers are,

An impecunious party.

"Then what became of her?"

"Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'"

"The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."

"Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers."

"Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria."

"Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."

[I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee.