as in dime
a very small sum of money
I'm sick of working for chicken feed—I want a job where I can bring home some real dough
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Recent Examples of chicken feed
From there, it will be taken to one of Mill’s partner farms, where your food scraps will go on to become chicken feed.
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Carina Finn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
Reeve, who carries the movie on his strong, muscular shoulders, made $250,000 — not Smallville chicken feed for a newcomer, but quite striking in comparison to Brando's haul.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 11 July 2025
The Mill is the only device that addresses this issue by allowing users to ship their grounds in a box via USPS to a farm in Washington state that repurposes them for chicken feed.
—Kat Merck, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
While the virus has put a significant dent in the supplies of caged and cage-free eggs, causing price hikes, inflation and the increasing cost of chicken feed and other inputs have also made eggs more expensive.
—Pete & Gerry's Contributor, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: Rent The Chicken offers delivery and setup of a coop on wheels, two or four young egg-laying hens, chicken feed and food dishes for a five-to-six-month rental period in the Pittsburgh region.
—Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 19 Feb. 2025
In contrast, chicken feed is made up of corn and soybeans, whose fertilizer, pesticides, and soil additives all rack up carbon-dioxide emissions.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
Carina Finn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
Reeve, who carries the movie on his strong, muscular shoulders, made $250,000 — not Smallville chicken feed for a newcomer, but quite striking in comparison to Brando's haul.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 11 July 2025
The Mill is the only device that addresses this issue by allowing users to ship their grounds in a box via USPS to a farm in Washington state that repurposes them for chicken feed.
—Kat Merck, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
While the virus has put a significant dent in the supplies of caged and cage-free eggs, causing price hikes, inflation and the increasing cost of chicken feed and other inputs have also made eggs more expensive.
—Pete & Gerry's Contributor, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: Rent The Chicken offers delivery and setup of a coop on wheels, two or four young egg-laying hens, chicken feed and food dishes for a five-to-six-month rental period in the Pittsburgh region.
—Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 19 Feb. 2025
In contrast, chicken feed is made up of corn and soybeans, whose fertilizer, pesticides, and soil additives all rack up carbon-dioxide emissions.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chicken feed
dime
Noun
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For example, a large, fully-laden ship can't stop on a dime.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Jan. 2026
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Hamilton plays deep safety, nickel corner, dime linebacker and edge rusher.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Chicken feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicken%20feed. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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