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earn a living en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of make a living.
    • We could never understand why any man should choose the career of a chainsmith, except, possibly, for the reason that it ran in the family, for a more arduous and unpleasant manner of earning one's living could scarcely be imagined, unless it was the business of moulding permanent-way chairs in an iron foundry. 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, pages 13–14:

Forms

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earning a living Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
earnt a living Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
earnt a living Tense=Past lexicographic
earned a living Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
earned a living Tense=Past lexicographic
earns a living Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

earn one's living

Synonyms

make a living