Associations to the word «Hardscrabble»

Wiktionary

HARDSCRABBLE, adjective. Of or pertaining to land that takes a lot of work in order to farm and even then is not very productive.

Dictionary definition

HARDSCRABBLE, adjective. Barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy