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hardscrabble
hard·scrab·ble H0061900 (härd′skrăb′əl)adj. Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal: the sharecropper's hardscrabble life.n. Barren or marginal farmland.hardscrabble (ˈhɑːdˌskræbəl) n1. (modifier) (of a place) difficult to make a living in; barren2. great effort made in the face of difficultieshard•scrab•ble (ˈhɑrdˌskræb əl)
adj. providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort: a hardscrabble existence. [1795–1805] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | hardscrabble - barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
hardscrabble
Words related to hardscrabbleadj barely satisfying a lower standardRelated Words- meager
- meagerly
- meagre
- scrimpy
- stingy
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