"earn one's crust" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-earn one's crust.ogg Forms: earns one's crust [present, singular, third-person], earning one's crust [participle, present], earned one's crust [participle, past], earned one's crust [past], earnt one's crust [participle, past], earnt one's crust [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=earnt one's crust}} earn one's crust (third-person singular simple present earns one's crust, present participle earning one's crust, simple past and past participle earned one's crust or earnt one's crust)
  1. (UK, idiomatic) To earn money, to do something as a job. Tags: UK, idiomatic Synonyms: make a living, earn a crust
    Sense id: en-earn_one's_crust-en-verb-9Kpo-cYi Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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