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Barely Make As A Living

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verb

• supplement what is thought to be deficient

• live from day to day, as with some hardship

• make by laborious and precarious means

• obtain with difficulty

30%3Barely manage to make (a living, e.g.)
noun

• (obsolete except Britain) An addition.

• A small stand on which a beehive is placed.

• A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space: see http//www.dave-cushman.net/bee/eke.html

verb

• Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

adverb

• Also; in addition to.

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Telegraph Cross Atlantic29 Sep 2025 Across 46 EKE OUT
New York Times27 Jul 2020 Down 49
New York Times Bonus01 May 2015 Down 4
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