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Word: Hardscrabble
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 18th century: from hard + scrabble
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɑːdskrabl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
involving hard work and struggle
Short Definition:involving hard work and struggle
Examples:- the film recounts a year in the hardscrabble life of a tenant farmer
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