hardscrabble

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   barely satisfying a lower standard

   The sharecropper's hardscrabble life.

2. 2
   adj

   Requiring much work to farm, and ultimately not very productive.

   His hardscrabble peanut farm.

3. 3
   adj

   Involving hard work and struggle.

   He leads a hardscrabble existence.

Common collocations

• hardscrabble life Adjective + noun

From hard + scrabble.

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