hardscrabble
(adjective) barely satisfying a lower standard; “the sharecropper’s hardscrabble life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hardscrabble (not comparable)
Of land: taking a lot of work to farm, and even then not very productive.
Involving hard work and struggle.
He leads a hardscrabble existence.
Source: Wiktionary
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
