crack a crust | Idiomator

Meaning: (UK,slang,idiomatic,obsolete)Tomake a living.Synonym:rub along1880, Arthur Hamilton,The Confessions of a Scribbler, page80:Yet for all this I do not hear one giving him a good name, though there are manycracking a cruston his account.1947, Robert Briffault,New Life of Mr. Martin, page270:"Cracking a tidy crust, thank you, mate," Abe said sheepishly.1997, Eric Lane, Nina Shengold,Plays for Actresses, page585:BIANCA: Well, it's a cooshy enough way tocrack a crust...

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