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Hardscrabble

Hardscrabble Meaning & Definition
Hardscrabble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hardscrabble?

[adj] of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence"
[adj] yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor soil"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hardscrabble: marginal | meager | meagerly | meagre | poor | unfruitful

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