hard row to hoe

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Definitions of hard row to hoe words

noun hard row to hoe a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line: a row of apple trees. 1
noun hard row to hoe a line of persons or things so arranged: The petitioners waited in a row. 1
noun hard row to hoe a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater: seats in the third row of the balcony. 1
noun hard row to hoe a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings. 1
noun hard row to hoe Music. tone row. 1
noun hard row to hoe Checkers. one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard; rank. 1

before 1175

One of the 8% oldest English words

1175-1225; Middle English row(e); compare Old English rǣw

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preposition

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exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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