Meaning of crack a crust | Babel Free

Definitions

To make a living.

UK, idiomatic, obsolete, slang

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.”

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

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

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