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Hardscrabble

adjective

/ˈhɑɹdˌskɹæbəl/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.adjectiveOf land: taking a lot of work to farm, and even then not very productive.

2.adjectiveInvolving hard work and struggle.

"He leads a hardscrabble existence."

Synonyms

meagre meager marginal meagerly poor unfruitful hard-scrabble scrunty slash and burn starveacre hardscaped agricultural

Rhymes With

babble gabble rabble immeasurable babel grabble dabble psychobabble

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