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hardscrabble
/ˈhɑɹdˌskɹæbəl/
adj 2
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3ADJ.
wooden
HARDSCRABBLE + NOUN
earth, peanut
PREP.
around, in
Definitions
adj
1
Requiring much work to farm, and ultimately not very productive.
his hardscrabble peanut farm
In the case of Allegheny Briskow, poverty, the drought, the grinding hardships of these hard-scrabble Texas counties, had dwarfed the intellect, the very soul of a splendid young animal.
2
Involving hard work and struggle.
He leads a hardscrabble existence.
Being the savage’s bowsman, that is, the person who pulled the bow-oar in his boat (the second one from forward), it was my cheerful duty to attend upon him while taking that hard-scrabble scramble upon the dead whale’s back.
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his hardscrabble peanut farm
Wiktionary02
In the case of Allegheny Briskow, poverty, the drought, the grinding hardships of these hard-scrabble Texas counties, had dwarfed the intellect, the very soul of a splendid young animal.
Wiktionary03
Villages in the more remote and hard-scrabble regions, including some mountain areas, are being abandoned, and nature is starting to creep back.
Wiktionary04
Chickens and pigs forage for food in the hardscrabble earth around wooden houses on stilts.
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