Reverse Dictionary: LIVELIHOOD

NOUNS
► BEING livelihood, living, subsistence, existence, maintenance  → 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRUST a livelihood, a living → 1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MAIN CHANCE a livelihood → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MEAL TICKET someone or something regarded solely as a source of income or livelihood → 1899 sl., orig. US
► SCRAFFLE a struggle for a livelihood → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRITTLE-SCRATTLE a difficulty in making both ends meet → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THROUGH-BEARING n. a livelihood; means of sustenance; the means of extricating oneself from any difficulty or of accomplishing any difficult work → 1724-32 Sc.
► THROUGH-COMING a livelihood → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► LAAN’S-MAN one who earns his livelihood on land, in contradistinction to a sailor or fisherman; a landman → Bk1866 Sc.
► MEAL TICKET someone or something regarded solely as a source of income or livelihood → 1899 sl., orig. US

VERBS
► BOIL THE POT to supply one’s livelihood → 1808
► EARN ONE’S KALE to earn one’s livelihood → 1870 Eng. dial.
► EARN SALT TO ONE’S KAIL ► EARN SALT TO ONE’S KALE to earn one’s living; to make a sufficient livelihood → 1891 Sc.
► GET ONESELF SCRATTED ON IN THE WORLD to obtain a livelihood → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GET SALT to earn one’s living; to make a sufficient livelihood → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► GET SALT TO ONE’S PORRIDGE to earn one’s living; to make a sufficient livelihood → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GET SALT TO ONE’S KAIL to earn one’s living; to make a sufficient livelihood → 1787 Sc.
► MAKE SALT TO ONE’S KAIL to earn one’s living to make a sufficient livelihood → 1891 Sc.
► MAKE UP ONE’S MOUTH to obtain one’s living → c1880 Brit. colloq.
► QUARREL WITH ONE’S BREAD AND BUTTER to give up a means of livelihood for insufficient reasons → 1780 
► SCRAT to save; to toil hard; to gain one’s livelihood laboriously; to struggle on → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRATCH ALONG to earn a scanty livelihood; to pull through hard times → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRATTLE ON to gain a precarious livelihood → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCROBBLE to struggle hard for a livelihood; to work hard with small success; to ‘rub along’ as best one can → 1890 Eng. dial.