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cracking a crust

cracking a crust is the present participle and gerund 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 cracking a crust

What is cracking a crust the present participle and gerund of?
Cracking a crust is the present participle and gerund of crack a crust.

Words near cracking a crust in the dictionary

  1. crackies
  2. crackiest
  3. crackiness
  4. cracking
  5. cracking a book
  6. cracking a crust
  7. cracking a fat
  8. cracking a rat
  9. cracking a smile
  10. cracking along
  11. cracking down

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