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chicken feed definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: dry mash for poultry [syn: chicken feed, scratch]
2: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1836 slang a paltry sum (as in profits or wages)

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also chickenfeed If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chicken feed. I was making a million a year, but that's chicken feed in the pop business. = peanuts

Moby Thesaurus

barley, bird seed, bran, bric-a-brac, cat food, chaff, chickenshit, chop, corn, details, dog food, eatage, ensilage, feed, fodder, forage, froth, gimcrackery, grain, hay, knickknackery, mash, meal, minutiae, oats, pasturage, pasture, peanuts, pet food, provender, rubbish, scratch, scratch feed, silage, slops, small beer, small change, straw, swill, trash, trifles, trivia, trumpery, wheat