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chicken scratch

noun

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  1. Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and…

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A Tohono O'odham style of dance music derived from norteño.

    2. A type of dragging two-step performed to this.

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