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earn a crust
earn a 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 we've all got to earn a crust somehow.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Khasan | | - | Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Ingush, Tatar, Bashkir |
| Mavourneen | | - | Irish |
| Franklin | | ['fræŋklin] | |
| Bendt | | - | Danish |
| Alecia | | ə-LIS-yə, ə-LIS-ee-ə, ə-LISH-ə, ə-LEE-shə | English |
| Barrie | | BAR-ee, BER-ee | Irish, English |