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to earn a crust

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  • earn a crust — british informal phrase to earn just enough money to live on I’ve been an actor for years, earning a crust wherever I can. Thesaurus: to earn or to get moneysynonym Main entry: earn * * * ˌearn a/your ˈcrust …   Useful english dictionary

  • earn your crust — ˌearn a/your ˈcrust idiom (BrE, informal) to earn enough money to live on • I ve been an actor for 20 years, earning a crust wherever I can. Main entry: ↑earnidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • earn a crust — British informal to earn just enough money to live on I ve been an actor for years, earning a crust wherever I can …   English dictionary

  • earn a/your crust — Brit informal : to earn the money that you need to live : to earn a living I m really a poet, but I ve got to earn my crust as an accountant. • • • Main Entry: ↑crust earn a/your crust see ↑crust • • • Main Entry: ↑earn …   Useful english dictionary

  • crust — [krʌst] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: crusta crust, shell ] 1.) the hard brown outer surface of bread ▪ sandwiches with the crusts cut off 2.) the baked outer part of foods such as ↑pies or ↑pizzas ▪ a thin crust pizza 3.) a thin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • earn — W2S2 [ə:n US ə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money for work)¦ 2¦(profit)¦ 3¦(something deserved)¦ 4 earn your/its keep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: earnian] 1.) ¦(MONEY FOR WORK)¦ [I and T] to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • crust — [[t]krʌ̱st[/t]] crusts 1) N COUNT The crust on a loaf of bread is the outside part. 2) N COUNT A pie s crust is its cooked pastry. 3) N COUNT A crust is a hard layer of something, especially on top of a softer or wetter substance. As the water… …   English dictionary

  • crust — /krʌst / (say krust) noun 1. the hard outer portion of a loaf of bread (distinguished from crumb). 2. a piece of this. 3. the outside covering of a pie. 4. any more or less hard external covering or coating. 5. the hard outer shell or covering of …  

  • earn — [[t]ɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ♦♦ earns, earning, earned 1) VERB If you earn money, you receive money in return for work that you do. [V n] Charlie was earning eight pounds, I was earning five... [V n] What a lovely way to earn a living... [V …   English dictionary

  • earn */*/*/ — UK [ɜː(r)n] / US [ɜrn] verb Word forms earn : present tense I/you/we/they earn he/she/it earns present participle earning past tense earned past participle earned 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to receive money for work that you do She doesn t… …   English dictionary

  • crust — • money / wage. To earn ones crust . Probably from bread, bread & honey = money …   Londonisms dictionary

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