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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instance of cramped or illegible handwriting.
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- noun
Chicken feed consisting of random mixedgrains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products. - noun informal Cramped or
illegible handwriting . - noun A type of
cross-stitch embroidery done ongingham fabric.
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- noun cramped or illegible handwriting
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slumry commented on the word chicken scratch
illegible writing; a paltry sum of money; a kind of embroidery
July 12, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word chicken scratch
I'd thought "paltry sum of money" too--but I just discovered chicken feed, which seems to be the more common expression.
August 7, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word chicken scratch
(Note the "n. Poultry feed" and "n. Slang Money" definitions over on scratch.)
August 7, 2018