chicken feed
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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
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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Slang Dictionary
chicken feed definition
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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 hour
that'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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