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earnt one's crust

earnt 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 earnt one's crust

What is earnt one's crust the simple past and past participle of?
Earnt one's crust is the simple past and past participle of earn one's crust.

Words near earnt one's crust in the dictionary

  1. Earnshaw's theorem
  2. Earnshaws
  3. earnt
  4. earnt a crust
  5. earnt one's corn
  6. earnt one's crust
  7. earnt one's keep
  8. earnt one's spurs
  9. earnt one's stripes
  10. earnt one's wings
  11. earnt out

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