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crack a crust en · VERB

Meanings

  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:
    • BIANCA: Well, it's a cooshy enough way to crack a crust... 1997, Eric Lane, Nina Shengold, Plays for Actresses, page 585:
    • "Cracking a tidy crust, thank you, mate," Abe said sheepishly. 1947, Robert Briffault, New Life of Mr. Martin, page 270:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cracks a crust Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cracking a crust Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cracked a crust Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cracked a crust Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

rub along