chicken scratch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products.
A soft odor of chicken scratch, mash, and manure always permeated the air when you approached. Attached to the chicken coop was a smokehouse that contained several smoked ham shoulders hanging from hooks.
2008, Richard Dwight Apgar, Tough Shit, Eliot: A Yank's Tale, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 1:
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(countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable) Cramped or illegible handwriting.
The pencil in my hand was limp between my fingers and I couldn't focus on the chicken scratch on the pages. My breathing had become shallow and my heart was racing. I was in the midst of a full-blown panic attack.
2014, A. Meredith Walters, Light in the Shadows, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 25:
- (countable, uncountable) A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric.
- (countable, uncountable) A Tohono O'odham style of dance music derived from norteño.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of dragging two-step performed to this.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| chicken scratches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Depression lace · scratch[Appendix:Glossary · scratch[Appendix:Glossary · scrawl · Amish embroidery
Translations (24)
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