transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhärd-ˌskra-bəl ]
adjective
Date: 1804
1.
a. : being or relating to a place of barren or barely arable soil
a hardscrabble farm
hardscrabble prairies
b. : getting a meager living from poor soil
a hardscrabble farmer
2. : marked by poverty
a hardscrabble cotton town
a hardscrabble childhood