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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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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