yielding little by great labor
of a bare living gained by great labor
同义词：marginal
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George Bush senior proved his manhood by making a fortune in the hard-scrabble world of west Texas.
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Energy development "could be a godsend" to the hard-scrabble region, Republican Gov. John Kasich said in a statement.
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