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hardscrabble

[ hahrd-skrab-uhl ]

adjective

  1. providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding:

    the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.



hardscrabble

/ 藞丑蓱藧诲藢蝉办谤忙产蓹濒 /

noun

  1. modifier (of a place) difficult to make a living in; barren
  2. great effort made in the face of difficulties
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hardscrabble1

An Americanism dating back to 1795鈥1805; hard + scrabble
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The Eagles and their hardscrabble brotherly love have returned to dethrone them.

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Most of the creative people I鈥檝e met in this town are hardscrabble hopefuls, so it鈥檚 irritating when an Irish player snidely dismisses Los Angeles as 鈥渦ltra, ultra capitalist.鈥

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The allegations cast a shadow over a prominent member of Orange County鈥檚 legal community who centered his hardscrabble upbringing and commitment to ethics as he built his career.

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The Ireland of Dolours and Marian鈥檚 youth in 鈥淪ay Nothing鈥 is a hardscrabble place where circumstances led to them being raised on a diet of war stories.

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He could be an assistant general manager, helping identify and acquire the sort of hardscrabble players that resemble him.

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