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| hard·scrab·ble - 'härd-"skra-bul", desc. adjective | |||
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a: small return for great effort expended; |
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b: earning a bare subsistence; |
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c: being or relating to a place of barren or barely arable soil (i.e., a hardscrabble farm); |
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d: getting a meager living from poor \ soil (i.e., a hardscrabble farmer); |
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e: marked by poverty (i.e., a hardscrabble town, a hardscrabble childhood). |
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