Definition of "impecunious"

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.

1875 March 25, William S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury

"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."

February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183

[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.

1919, P. G. Wodehouse, “Leave it to Jeeves”, in My Man Jeeves

The Rhymney (51 route miles), once an impecunious hanger-on of the Taff Vale, had enjoyed its own route through Caerphilly into Cardiff since 1871, [...].

1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 158