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cracked a crust

cracked a crust is the simple past and past participle of crack a crust.

Meaning of crack a crust

Verb

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

  1. (UK, idiomatic, obsolete, slang) To make a living.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    rub along

Questions about cracked a crust

What is cracked a crust the simple past and past participle of?
Cracked a crust is the simple past and past participle of crack a crust.

Words near cracked a crust in the dictionary

  1. crackdown
  2. crackdowns
  3. cracke
  4. cracked
  5. cracked a book
  6. cracked a crust
  7. cracked a fat
  8. cracked a rat
  9. cracked a smile
  10. cracked along
  11. cracked as an egg

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