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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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Slang Dictionary
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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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