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单词 to belt out a living
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to belt out a living
colloquial (originally Australian) to belt out a living: to earn a living; to toil, labour. Cf. to knock out 8 at knock v. Phrasal verbs. Now rare.
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1910 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 Oct. 10/3 He considers his method of belting out a living as honorable as that of Judkins, Dill Macky or any other strife-creator.
1934 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 17 Nov. 13/3 (advt.) Why continue to belt out a living by hand when machinery will do the job?
1962 Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star 25 Sept. 6/2 Young people..enjoying the privilege of lingering in the pleasant groves of academia before pulling up their socks and trying to belt out a living and a life.
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