A wooden [[barrel]] worn about one's torso, used in media as a symbol of extreme [[poverty]]. Usually, the character is [[nude|naked]] under the barrel, suggesting that they can't even afford the most basic clothing.

h4.External links
* "Wikipedia article":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_barrel
* "TV Tropes article":https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BankruptcyBarrel
bankruptcy barrel