hardscrabble

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H0061900 (härd′skrăb′əl)adj. Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal: the sharecropper's hardscrabble life.n. Barren or marginal farmland.

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(ˈhɑːdˌskræbəl) n1. (modifier) (of a place) difficult to make a living in; barren2. great effort made in the face of difficulties

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adj. providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort: a hardscrabble existence. [1795–1805]

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Adj.

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"

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adj barely satisfying a lower standard

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