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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Knight said every person should be able to have a fresh start rehabilitating themselves and making an honest living. —

Stephen Simpson, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024 Sonny's birth briefly gave Capone pause to consider making an honest living. —

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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