hardscrabble

 [hahrd-skrab-uhl]  

hard·scrab·ble

   [hahrd-skrab-uhl]
adjective
providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; hard + scrabble
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Hardscrabble is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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hardscrabble (ˈhɑːdˌskræbəl)
 
—n
1.  (modifier) (of a place) difficult to make a living in; barren
2.  great effort made in the face of difficulties

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