earn one's corn
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Verb
earn one's corn (third-person singular simple present earns one's corn, present participle earning one's corn, simple past and past participle earned one's corn or earnt one's corn)
- (UK, informal) Synonym of earn one's keep
Further reading
- “earn one's corn”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “earn your corn”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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