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
MÀIri	MA:-ree	Scottish
Gerold	GE-rawlt (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Marjut	MAHR-yoot	Finnish
Saskia	SAHS-kee-ah: (Dutch), ZAHS-kee-ah (German)	Dutch, German
Susumu	soo-soo-moo	Japanese
Aveza	-	Ancient Germanic