earner

/ (ˈɜːnə) /

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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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How to use earner in a sentence

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
The biggest earner in any genre is Judge Judy Sheindlin who rakes in $47 million a year.
Jon Stewart No. 1 in Late Night, David Arquette Falls Off the Wagon,|Culture Team|August 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In this current generation of adults, we have seen a huge increase in two-earner family.
The Slow Death of the American Dream|Noah Kristula-Green|July 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
More than 36 percent have only one wage earner, and nearly 80 percent have no wage earners at all.
Italy Has Europe’s Highest Percentage of Children in Poverty, Says UNICEF|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 4, 2012|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
It is followed by forty-four pages of argument and illustration relating exclusively to the able-bodied wage-earner.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb
The handsome sister is the younger; she never, when she was a wage-earner, went through the streets alone.
The Leaven in a Great City|Lillian William Betts
The independent wage-earner found his hope of political recognition in allegiance to the political machines.
The Leaven in a Great City|Lillian William Betts
Mention the trouble if the man of the house is sick and out of work, and there is no other wage earner.
The Complete Club Book for Women|Caroline French Benton
Where before he had been a subaltern not always even a wage-earner—now all in a moment he had been transformed into a high chief.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine

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