hardscrabble [Brit hɑːdˈskrabl, Am ˈhɑrdˌskræb(ə)l] ADJ Am
- hardscrabble farm
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- hardscrabble farmer
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It is a shame that more are not reading these stories, which reach out from a hardscrabble time, and which still mirror our own.
www.themillions.com His hardscrabble upbringing on the reserve made him fearless and stoked his ambitions.
www.theglobeandmail.com In the end, every resident of this hardscrabble, century-old mining town of 47,000 was shelling out $7 a year just to keep the lights on.
news.nationalpost.com Hardscrabble country, she says, that shapes the bodies and lines of the faces of the people who live there.
www.npr.org Along the roads, the billboards loom over scene after scene of hardscrabble rural life.
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