chicken feed

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noun Slang.

an insignificant sum of money: He's so rich that $1000 is chicken feed to him.

small change, as pennies and nickels.

Origin of chicken feed

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby chicken feed

chicken breast, chicken cholera, chicken colonel, chicken coop, chicken fat clot, chicken feed, chicken fillet, chicken-fried, chicken-fry, chicken hawk, chicken-hearted

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Example sentences from the Web for chicken feed

Rats and mice and such small deer, as Shakespeare has it, chicken-feed of the larder they might be called.
Dracula|Bram Stoker
In the very end of the long woodshed stood a chicken-feed bin.
The Adventures of Bobby Orde|Stewart Edward White
Oh, that was simply his humorous way of saying that all coins under a dime are fit only for chicken-feed.
The Voyage of the Rattletrap|Hayden Carruth
Carolus stood in the yard eating Madam Land's chicken-feed and sour milk with excellent appetite.
What Happened to Inger Johanne|Dikken Zwilgmeyer

There was corn in the barn, and chicken-feed in the yard, and fruit in the garden.
Bannertail|Ernest Thompson Seton

British Dictionary definitions for chicken feed

chicken feed

noun

slang a trifling amount of money

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with chicken feed

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]

单词	chicken feed
释义	chicken feed SEE SYNONYMS FOR chicken feed ON THESAURUS.COM noun Slang. an insignificant sum of money: He's so rich that $1000 is chicken feed to him. small change, as pennies and nickels. Origin of chicken feed An Americanism dating back to 1830–40 Words nearby chicken feed chicken breast, chicken cholera, chicken colonel, chicken coop, chicken fat clot, chicken feed, chicken fillet, chicken-fried, chicken-fry, chicken hawk, chicken-hearted Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chicken feed Rats and mice and such small deer, as Shakespeare has it, chicken-feed of the larder they might be called. Dracula\|Bram Stoker In the very end of the long woodshed stood a chicken-feed bin. The Adventures of Bobby Orde\|Stewart Edward White Oh, that was simply his humorous way of saying that all coins under a dime are fit only for chicken-feed. The Voyage of the Rattletrap\|Hayden Carruth Carolus stood in the yard eating Madam Land's chicken-feed and sour milk with excellent appetite. What Happened to Inger Johanne\|Dikken Zwilgmeyer There was corn in the barn, and chicken-feed in the yard, and fruit in the garden. Bannertail\|Ernest Thompson Seton British Dictionary definitions for chicken feed chicken feed noun slang a trifling amount of money Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with chicken feed 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® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to chicken feed chump change, pin money, pittance, pocket money, small change, spending money, small potatoes, coins, peanuts
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chicken feed

noun Slang.

Origin of chicken feed

Words nearby chicken feed

Example sentences from the Web for chicken feed

British Dictionary definitions for chicken feed

noun

Idioms and Phrases with chicken feed

Words related to chicken feed