chicken scratch

English

Noun

chicken scratch (countable and uncountable, plural chicken scratches)

Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products.
(informal, idiomatic) Cramped or illegible handwriting.
A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric.

Synonyms

(illegible handwriting): scrawl
(embroidery): Amish embroidery

Translations

illegible handwriting

Danish: kragetæer c pl
Finnish: harakanvarpaat (fi) pl
Greek: ορνιθοσκαλίσματα (el) n pl (ornithoskalísmata)

Russian: кара́кули (ru) f pl (karákuli), как ку́рица лапой (ru) (kak kúrica lapoj)
Spanish: garrapato m
Vietnamese: chữ như gà bới

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