chicken feed

noun Slang.
1.
an insignificant sum of money: He's so rich that $1000 is chicken feed to him.
2.
small change, as pennies and nickels.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism

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chicken feed
 
n
slang a trifling amount of money

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Chicken feed is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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chicken feed definition


  1. n.
    a small amount of money. (See also peanuts.) : It may be chicken feed to you, but that's a month's rent to me.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

chicken feed

Trifling amount of money, as in I'm not going to mow lawns for $5 an hourthat's chicken feed. This expression alludes to the fact that chickens can be fed corn and wheat grains too small for other uses. [Slang; early 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Findings indicate that these beneficial bacteria deserve further study as
  replacements for antibiotics in chicken feed.
The materials, the labor, it was all chicken feed over there.
Tossed on the bottom of the cage amidst feces was chicken feed mainly
  consisting of corn.
His humble beginnings include being a chicken feed mill operator and a
  horseradish farmer.
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