chicken scratch
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chicken scratch
noun chicken scratches
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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.
Similar: scratch[Appendix:Glossary
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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.
Similar: scratch[Appendix:Glossary, scrawl
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A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric.
Similar: Amish embroidery, Depression lace
- A Tohono O'odham style of dance music derived from norteño.
- A type of dragging two-step performed to this.
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noun informal: illegible handwriting
| Español | garrapato, garambainas, garabato |
|---|---|
| Português | garrancho |
| Français | pattes de mouche, hiéroglyphes, griffonnage |
| Deutsch | Sauklaue, Krähenfüße |
| Ελληνικά | ορνιθοσκαλίσματα ornithoskalísmata |
| Русский | кара́кули karákuli, как ку́рица лапой kak kúrica lapoj |
| Tiếng Việt | chữ như gà bới |
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title = {chicken scratch},
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