chicken scratch
Example Sentences
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Typing, voice dictation technology or my usual chicken scratch would’ve done the job far faster.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Cautioned by Steele against taking notes on information gleaned from sources, he made only “scribbles and/or chicken scratch notes here and there,” the FBI reported in interview summaries.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
Her situation is less one in a million than it is one of many millions, a chicken scratch in an enormous global tally.
From Time • Jan. 22, 2016
Yet he seemed especially excited about a few basic-looking pieces of Senate stationary, marked with a few lines of chicken scratch, hanging in a frame near the door.
From MSNBC • Dec. 16, 2014
He hands me the notebook and a pen, and when I say, “That’s okay,” he tells me his handwriting is like chicken scratch and it’s up to me to keep the notes.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
