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hardscrabble
adjective hard·scrab·ble \ˈhärd-ˌskra-bəl\
: having poor soil
: having harsh and difficult conditions because of poverty
Full Definition of HARDSCRABBLE
1
a : being or relating to a place of barren or barely arable soil <a hardscrabble farm> <hardscrabble prairies> b : getting a meager living from poor soil <a hardscrabble farmer>
2
: marked by poverty <a hardscrabble cotton town> <a hardscrabble childhood>
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First Known Use of HARDSCRABBLE
1804
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