honest living
noun
: a good amount of money for one's hard work
He's just trying to earn an honest living.
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Sonny's birth briefly gave Capone pause to consider making an honest living.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
From there, this hard-scrabble Eden, a place of tough but honest living, descends into a Lord of the Flies-esque carnival of manipulation, competition, and violence.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
Give taxpayers a break by legalizing working for an honest living.
—Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
And as Noah points out, an honest living is something that the Royals cannot claim to be making.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
From there, this hard-scrabble Eden, a place of tough but honest living, descends into a Lord of the Flies-esque carnival of manipulation, competition, and violence.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
Give taxpayers a break by legalizing working for an honest living.
—Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
And as Noah points out, an honest living is something that the Royals cannot claim to be making.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
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“Honest living.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honest%20living. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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