“Nettoyer ùne personne, çest à dire luy gagner tout son argent.” (Oudin Curiositez Francoises.)
Our English phrase, “I cleaned him out,” is precisely tantamount to it.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.