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
Katja	KAHT-yah (German, Dutch)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Slovene
Almudena	-	Spanish
Armin	['a:min]
Opaline	O-pə-leen	English (Rare)
Zahrah	-	Arabic
Heilyn	-	Welsh