Associations to the word «Hardscrabble»

Wiktionary

HARDSCRABBLE, adjective. Of or pertaining to land that takes a lot of work in order to farm and even then is not very productive.

Dictionary definition

HARDSCRABBLE, adjective. Barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life".

Wise words

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