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Meaning of hardscrabble in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈhɑrdˌskræb(ə)l/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    hardscrabble

    Definitions

    1. yielding little by great labor

    Examples

    • « a hardscrabble farm »
    • « poor soil »

    Synonyms

    • unfruitful
  2. 2. of a bare living gained by great labor

    Examples

    • « the sharecropper's hardscrabble life »
    • « a marginal existence »

    Synonyms

    • meager
    • meagre
    • meagerly

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

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