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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal An instance of cramped or illegible handwriting: "his signature—an unforgeably idiosyncratic chicken scratch” ( Alex Shoumatoff).

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  1. n. Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products.
  2. n. informal Cramped or illegible handwriting.
  3. n. A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric.

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  1. n. cramped or illegible handwriting

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  1. scrawl

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  1. cacography
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  • slumry illegible writing; a paltry sum of money; a kind of embroidery Jul 12, 2007

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