chicken feed

chicken feed
noun
1. dry mash for poultry
Syn: ↑scratch
Hypernyms: ↑mash
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:
Hypernyms: ↑amphetamine, ↑pep pill, ↑upper, ↑speed, ↑controlled substance

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noun [noncount]
informal : an amount of money that is too small to be considered important

The project cost almost a million dollars, which isn't exactly chicken feed.

Ten bucks? That's chicken feed!

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ˈchicken feed f8 [chicken feed] noun uncountable (informal)
an amount of money that is not large enough to be important

We're going to make so much money that five thousand will look like chicken feed.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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