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hardscrabble

hardsc·rabble

US/ˈhɑɹdˌskɹæbəl/ uncommon us

adjective

1.

yielding little by great labor

  • “a hardscrabble farm”
  • “poor soil”
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2.

of a bare living gained by great labor

  • “the sharecropper”
  • “;”
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Origin

From hard + scrabble.

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