adj. producing or earning only a very small amount; barren -example-a hardscrabble farm; life; etc.-
She wrote about the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
She wrote about the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
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meager; meagerly; stingy; scrimpy
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3 syllables
hard-scrab-ble
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