Usually means: Messy, illegible, poor quality handwriting.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word chicken scratch:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. chicken scratch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. chicken scratch: Vocabulary.com
  3. chicken-scratch: Wordnik
  4. chicken scratch: Wiktionary
  5. chicken scratch: Dictionary.com
  6. Chicken scratch (disambiguation), Chicken scratch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. chicken scratch: Rhymezone
  8. chicken scratch: FreeDictionary.org
  9. chicken scratch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. chicken scratch: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. chicken scratch, chicken scratch, chicken scratch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Chicken scratch: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

(Note: See chicken_scratching as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (chicken scratch)

noun:  Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products.
noun:  (informal, idiomatic) Cramped or illegible handwriting.
noun:  A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric.

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