earn (one's) crust

To do work of any kind for a living; to earn money by some means. No, working in a canning factory isn't exactly glamorous, but I've got to earn my crust somehow. I hear Janet is earning her crust with an investment firm in Tokyo now.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mauro	MOW-ro (Italian)	Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Jalen	JAY-lin	African American (Modern)
Rory	RAWR-ee	Irish, Scottish
ÁMbar	-	Spanish
Francisca	frahn-THEES-kah (Spanish), frahn-SEES-kah (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-kə (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Keala	-	Hawaiian