Definitions
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- noun a trifling sum of money.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
chicken feed .
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- noun an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- noun dry mash for poultry
- noun a trifling sum of money
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Examples
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Other good toys and games of christmas -- the lego dragon my brother gave Lucas, and the deadly game of chickenfeed which is played at suchlike family events.
Racing grannies and Lucas jinty 2006
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Boris Johnson dismisses £250,000-a-year Telegraph column as 'chickenfeed'
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Boris Johnson dismisses £250,000-a-year Telegraph column as 'chickenfeed'
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Whether that is true or not, we can see after the fact that the bail out was correctly described by Sir Alan Greenspan as 'chickenfeed'.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Joe Gelet 2008
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But still chickenfeed, as Boris Johnson, might say.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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Compared to these figures, the amount invested into gold is chickenfeed.
Gold Mania? Not Quite Brett Arends 2010
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This is not the “6 Million Dollar Man”, for the obvious reason that 6 million dollars is chickenfeed in the Pentagon budget.
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The UN Tribunal which could, at worst, undermine domestic and regional confidence in Hezbollah, cause some sectarian strife, and subject Lebanon to punitive international sanctions, is chickenfeed compared to the repercussions of a full-blown Syrian implosion.
Sharmine Narwani: "Pffft" Went the UN Tribunal in Lebanon Sharmine Narwani 2011
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Look; Constellation is struggling to develop on a chickenfeed compared to Apollo-era funding, but that's no surprise whatsoever to anyone reading this.
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You see, one of the people on the thread said they put 20 hours into a story and that's why pay was chickenfeed for the amount of labour put into it.
How cool are you?: Writing speeds. wendigomountain 2009
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