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hardscrabble
adjective
(hard-scrab-ble)
being or relating to a place of barren or barely arable soil
hardscrabble
adjective
(hard-scrab-ble)
getting a meager living from poor soil
hardscrabble
adjective
(hard-scrab-ble)
marked by poverty
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hardscrabble
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