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chicken scratch

[chik-uhn skrach] / ˈtʃɪk ən ˌskrætʃ /


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Typing, voice dictation technology or my usual chicken scratch would’ve done the job far faster.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Her situation is less one in a million than it is one of many millions, a chicken scratch in an enormous global tally.

From Time • Jan. 22, 2016

Yet he seemed especially excited about a few basic-looking pieces of Senate stationary, marked with a few lines of chicken scratch, hanging in a frame near the door.

From MSNBC • Dec. 16, 2014

In the chicken scratch of a kindergartner is a single sentence: “No Sidekick Gets Left Behind.”

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2014

Her writing’s gone from tiny, perfectly formed letters to chicken scratch.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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