Earns
[ə:nz]
Examples
- A journeyman blacksmith, though an artificer, seldom earns so much in twelve hours, as a collier, who is only a labourer, does in eight. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A journeyman weaver earns less than a journeyman smith. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If every man on the line as has a guinea give him, earns it half as well, you won't catch t'other chay this side Mich'lmas, old short-and- fat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Thus in most places, take the year round, a journeyman tailor earns less than a journeyman weaver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Because he hates to be idle; though what he earns doesn't add much to our exchequer. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Live like a gentleman--board and lodging, pipes and spirits free--half of all you earn, and half of all the young woman earns,' replied Mr. Fagin. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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