crack a crust

verb

Definitions

  1. To make a living.

    • Yet for all this I do not hear one giving him a good name, though there are many cracking a crust on his account.
    • "Cracking a tidy crust, thank you, mate," Abe said sheepishly.
    • BIANCA: Well, it's a cooshy enough way to crack a crust...

The neighborhood

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