hardscrabble
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scottobearhardscrabble \HARD-skrab-uhl\, adjective:
1. Yielding a bare or meager living with great labor or difficulty.
2. Marked by poverty.
Hardscrabble is formed from hard (from Old English heard) + scrabble (from Dutch schrabbelen, "to scratch").
1. Yielding a bare or meager living with great labor or difficulty.
2. Marked by poverty.
Hardscrabble is formed from hard (from Old English heard) + scrabble (from Dutch schrabbelen, "to scratch").
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Date: 2001-09-09 07:44 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-09-09 07:45 am (UTC)quick! without looking.. how many points is conch fritter worth?
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Date: 2001-09-09 08:00 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-09-09 08:01 am (UTC)