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hardscrabble

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɑɹdˌskɹæbəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aabbcdehlrrsStarts with HEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. barely satisfying a lower standard

Word origin

From hard + scrabble.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Villages in the more remote and hard-scrabble regions, including some mountain areas, are being abandoned, and nature is starting to creep back.

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