crack a crust

verb

To make a living.

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Meanings

verbcrack a crust (third-person singular simple present cracks a crust, present participle cracking a crust, simple past and past participle cracked a crust)

present singular third person cracks a crust · participle present cracking a crust · participle past cracked a crust · past cracked a crust

  1. UKidiomaticobsoleteslangTo make a living.

    BIANCA: Well, it's a cooshy enough way to crack a crust...

    1997, Eric Lane, Nina Shengold, Plays for Actresses, page 585
    2 more examples

    Yet for all this I do not hear one giving him a good name, though there are many cracking a crust on his account.

    1880, Arthur Hamilton, The Confessions of a Scribbler, page 80

    "Cracking a tidy crust, thank you, mate," Abe said sheepishly.

    1947, Robert Briffault, New Life of Mr. Martin, page 270

    Synonyms: rub along

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make a living.

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rub along
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