Reverse Dictionary: EARN

ADJECTIVES
► HARD-HADDLED hard-earned → 1878 Eng. dial.
► QUICK-COME-BY easily gained or earned → 1899 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► ADDLING earning → c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► EARN an amount of money earned, esp. earned illicitly → 1977 Aust. sl.
► EARNER money earned, esp. money from an illicit source or corrupt practice → 1970 UK sl.
► HANDYTHRIFT what a man earns with his hands → a1592 obs.
► OFGOING deserving, earning → 1340 obs.
► TAKEDOWN the amount earned → 1990 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► TALL POPPY a conspicuously high earner or other VIP → 1930s Aust. sl.

VERBS
► ADDLE to acquire or gain as one’s own; to earn → c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► ARLE to earn → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BETRAVAIL to work for; to earn by labour → 1393 obs.
► BRING HOME THE BACON to earn wages, esp. as the head of a household; to make a profit; broadly, to succeed in an endeavour → 1909 Amer. sl.
► CLOCK to acquire; to earn. to ‘rack up’ → 1990 Amer. sl., esp. African-American
► COP A BUNDLE to earn a good deal of money; to prosper → L19 sl.
► CUT ONE’S OWN GRASS to earn one’s own living → 1863 sl., orig. US obs.
► EARN ONE’S PEASOUP to earn at least enough for one’s bed and board → L19 sl.
► EARN ONE’S TUCKER to earn at least enough for one’s bed and board → L19 sl.
► EARN SALT TO ONE’S KAIL to earn one’s living; to make a sufficient livelihood → 1895 Sc.
► EDDLE to work for, to earn → 1887 Sc.
► ETTLE 1. to earn, to acquire by labour → 1851 Eng. dial.
2. to work for, to earn → 1887 Sc.
► FANG to receive as a gift, or as one’s due; to earn as wages; also, to accept as one’s lot → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GET ONE’S CHUMP to earn one’s living → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► GET SALT to earn one’s living; to make a sufficient livelihood → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► GET SALT TO ONE’S KAIL to earn one’s living; to make a sufficient livelihood → 1787 Sc.
► GET SALT TO ONE’S PORRIDGE to earn one’s living; to make a sufficient livelihood → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KNOCK DOWN to earn or obtain money, usually for work, or by requesting a loan or gift → 1920s US sl.
► KNOCK OUT to earn as wages → 1871 sl.
► MAKE A QUID to earn a living → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► MAKE ONE’S TUCKER to earn at least enough for one’s bed and board → L19 sl.
► OF-EARN to earn, to deserve → c1200 obs.
► OFGO to gain, to win, to obtain; to obtain by merit, to deserve, to earn → c1000 obs.
► OFSERVE to deserve, to merit; to obtain by deserving; to earn → a1225 obs.
► PECK FOR ONESELF to earn one’s own living → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PECK ONE OUT OF ONE’S NEST to send one into the world to earn one’s own living → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PROVIDE ONE’S CHUMP to earn one’s living → 1877 UK criminals’ sl.
► PULL to earn as income; to make a sum of money, as by a sale or the like → c1925 Aust. sl.
► PULL DOWN to earn a sum of money, esp. as a wage or salary → 1917
► PULL IN to earn money → 1529 UK sl.
► SARROW to earn → 1825 Eng. dial.
► SCRATCH ALONG to earn a scanty livelihood; to pull through hard times → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► STACK to earn a lot of money → 1997 US sl.
► SUCK A RICH TEAT to gain money lightly earned → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TILL to labour after, to seek after, to provide; to get by effort, to obtain, acquire or earn by labour; later, to get, to obtain → a900 obs.
► TURN AN HONEST PENNY to earn one’s living honestly; to make money by fair means
► YADDLE to earn → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YANK to earn, to win, usually money → L19 sl., orig. US
► YARROW to earn, to gain by industry → 1808 Sc.