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Definition of Chicken feed
1. Noun. Dry mash for poultry.
2. Noun. 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.
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Definition of Chicken feed
1. Noun. Food (usually grain) given to poultry. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicken Feed
Literary usage of Chicken feed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farm Shop Work: Practical Manual Training by George Marshall Brace, Dexter Dwight Mayne (1915)
"Care must i be taken to use no more lumber than is necessary. For the two ends
you need FIG. 52. — ENDS op chicken feed Box. a board 10^" ..."
2. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many by Duane Hamilton Hurd (1883)
"... ten tons of fertilizer, three thousand pounds of chicken feed, three thousand
pounds of pigs' feet, four thousand pounds of tripe, etc. ..."
3. All about the Farm by Jo Ellen Moore (2005)
"3. Then children use glue or tape to attach the chicken to the folded edge of
the paper plate. 4. Children feed their chicken by sprinkling "chicken feed" ..."
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