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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Even within the Apple juggernaut, $30 billion isn’t chicken feed!
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
The egg business is volatile, with avian flu affecting flocks some years and with the price of corn (chicken feed) fluctuating.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Charlotte Backus waited months for the chance to send her kitchen trash through the mail, so that a company in another state could turn it into chicken feed.
—Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
The processor explained that their business gives leftover legs and offal to multiple people, who use the parts for everything from fertilizer to chicken feed.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
The egg business is volatile, with avian flu affecting flocks some years and with the price of corn (chicken feed) fluctuating.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Charlotte Backus waited months for the chance to send her kitchen trash through the mail, so that a company in another state could turn it into chicken feed.
—Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
The processor explained that their business gives leftover legs and offal to multiple people, who use the parts for everything from fertilizer to chicken feed.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
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“Chicken feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicken%20feed. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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