Hardscrabble meaning
Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal.
The sharecropper's hardscrabble life.
adjective
Barren or marginal farmland.
noun
Producing or earning only a very small amount; barren.
A hardscrabble farm, life, etc.
adjective
Of or pertaining to land that takes a lot of work in order to farm and even then is not very productive.
adjective
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