earner

/ (ˈɜːnə) /

noun

a person who earns money

British and Australian informal an activity or thing that produces income, esp illicitlya nice little earner

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Words nearby earner

earmuff, earn, earned income, earned run, earned run average, earner, earnest, earnestly, earnest money, earnings, earnings per share

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Example sentences from the Web for earner

Thanks to the presence of blackface and KKK costumes, her offensive fete went viral and earner her instant infamy.
Why It’s Time to End Blackface, Finally|Soraya Roberts|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For a $50,000 earner, that meant paying $1,000 a year less in payroll taxes.
Michael Tomasky: GOP Is Set to Self-Destruct Over Payroll Tax|Michael Tomasky|November 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A $50,000 earner (married, filing separately, as all these examples will be) pays 17.25 percent.
Perry's Ridiculous Tax Plan|Michael Tomasky|October 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It was more expensive, but it was quicker; and what did a few dollars matter, now that he was the husband of such an earner?
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes

Charlie's voice, drink-thickened, harsh, came from a earner of the room into which she could not see until she moved nearer.
Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Round the earner from his lodgings on a side street and in darkness, stood a big car with the motor puffing violently.
Civilization|Ellen Newbold La Motte
Efter en god Avler kommer en god Oder—After 40 an earner comes a waster.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
But to take the earner, is compound, superlative, perpetual theft.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society

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