earn one's crust

English

Alternative forms

• earn a crust

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Verb

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.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:make a living

   • 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Their substitutes featured two players from League One clubs and Miller, who earns his crust these days with Vancouver Whitecaps.