0 writing that is untidy and difficult to read: --
I gave my daughter some chalk and she made chicken scratches and sounded out her name.
Using the chicken-scratch cursive scrawl of his left hand, he began writing.
Understanding his chicken scratches would've been difficult enough, but his English was really old-fashioned as well.
You might end up with the wrong medication if your pharmacist can’t read your doctor’s chicken scratch.
1 food that chickens enjoy, usually a mixture of seeds, dropped on the ground for them to find in addition to their main food: --
2 to write something in an untidy way that is difficult to read: --
The usual ingredients included in chicken scratch are cracked or rolled corn, barley, oats, wheat, sunflower seeds, milo and millet.
They extract fat and protein that then is added to everything from dog food to chicken scratch.
We keep an eye on the walls and take care of any chicken scratches that show up.
The symbols looked like chicken scratches to him, all right angles and slashes.
Studies have shown that electronic records can reduce medical errors - sometimes the result of chicken-scratch handwriting.
I was able to track down my notes from last time, and with the "chicken scratch" of my previous test recipe in hand it was easy to make some adjustments.
He's left-handed, and his mother said that his penmanship was chicken scratch.
Researchers spent months learning to decode his chicken-scratch.
