HARDSCRABBLE

hardscrabble

(adjective) barely satisfying a lower standard; “the sharecropper’s hardscrabble life”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

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



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