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Hardscrabble

//ˈhɑɹdˌskɹæbəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Requiring much work to farm, and ultimately not very productive. Canada, US, not-comparable

    "his hardscrabble peanut farm"

  2. 2
    Involving hard work and struggle. Canada, US, broadly, not-comparable

    "He leads a hardscrabble existence."

Adjective
  1. 1
    barely satisfying a lower standard wordnet

Etymology

From hard + scrabble.

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