Meaning of hardscrabble in English
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Classifying Adjective
hardscrabbleDefinitions
1. yielding little by great laborExamples
- « a hardscrabble farm »
- « poor soil »
Synonyms
- 2. of a bare living gained by great labor
Examples
- « the sharecropper's hardscrabble life »
- « a marginal existence »
Synonyms
Famous quotes
- « I didn't know my Dad - he moved out early. And my mom's politics were kind of hardscrabble. She didn't think about Democrats or Republicans. She thought about who made sense. I've been both in my life. » Dennis Miller