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earn one's crust

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To earn money, to do something as a job.

UK, idiomatic

Equivalents

Polskizarobkować

Examples

“Their substitutes featured two players from League One clubs and Miller, who earns his crust these days with Vancouver Whitecaps.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

earn one's keep earn one's spurs earn one's stripes earn one's wings earn out earned

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