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
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.
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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 up 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 D.C. and its suburbs.
—Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 25 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
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 up 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 D.C. and its suburbs.
—Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 25 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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Lockwood says she’s often asked about her ability to toggle literary voice on a dime, ricocheting, like an elementary school PhD candidate, between potty humor and profundity.—
Eric Olson
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Evero used safety Tre’von Moehrig as a nickel corner, a dime linebacker and a box safety, while sending the veteran DB on blitzes.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Chicken feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicken%20feed. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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