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earned one's crust

earned one's crust is the simple past and past participle of earn one's crust.

Meaning of earn one's crust

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.
    • Their substitutes featured two players from League One clubs and Miller, who earns his crust these days with Vancouver Whitecaps.2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian

Questions about earned one's crust

What is earned one's crust the simple past and past participle of?
Earned one's crust is the simple past and past participle of earn one's crust.

Words near earned one's crust in the dictionary

  1. earnables
  2. earned
  3. earned a crust
  4. earned media
  5. earned one's corn
  6. earned one's crust
  7. earned one's keep
  8. earned one's spurs
  9. earned one's stripes
  10. earned one's wings
  11. earned out

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