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chicken feed
noun
: an amount of money that is too small to be considered important
Full Definition of CHICKEN FEED
slang : a paltry sum (as in profits or wages)
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First Known Use of CHICKEN FEED
1836
Related to CHICKEN FEED
- Synonyms
- mite [slang], chump change, dime, hay, peanuts, pin money, pittance, shoestring, song, two cents
- Antonyms
- big buck(s), boodle, bundle, fortune, king's ransom, megabuck(s), mint, wad
Rhymes with CHICKEN FEED
aniseed, antecede, beating reed, beggarweed, bitterweed, bottle-feed, bugleweed, butterweed, carpetweed, centipede, copyread, cottonseed, cottonweed, crazyweed, double reed, Ganymede, giant reed, go to seed, interbreed, intercede, interplead, jewelweed, jimsonweed, locoweed, millipede, Nicene Creed, overfeed, pedigreed, pickerelweed, poppy seed, Port Said, pumpkinseed, quitclaim deed, retrocede, rosinweed, Runnymede, silverweed, supersede, thimbleweed, title deed, tumbleweed, underfeed, up to speed, waterweed
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