Please help me understand this passage from Pinocchio.
Mangiafoco asks Pinocchio about his father, Geppetto:
Pinocchio:

What does Pinocchio's reply mean???

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Please help me understand this passage from Pinocchio.
Mangiafoco asks Pinocchio about his father, Geppetto: 
Pinocchio:

What does Pinocchio's reply mean???

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I think it's a kind of joke, Pinocchio says that is father "earns what is needed not to have a pence in his pockets", so he's saying that he's actually poor.

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... he earns enough to don't have a dime in is pocket... it's a metaphor for he's broken