chicken feed
Example Sentences
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“Their needs and their wants are completely different than what we need here,” said Pamela Davis, 40, who was loading bags of chicken feed into the back of her SUV in Yuba City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Insinuating that Michelle Obama might throw her hat into the presidential race, which she's gone on the record saying she'd never do, is throwing chicken feed to the cluckers.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
That’s chicken feed compared with the 350 million tons of meat consumed around the world — a number that is only expected to grow.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
When he was the mayor of London in 2009, he told the BBC his £250,000 a year salary from the Telegraph was "chicken feed", adding he made "a substantial donation to charity".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2023
All day long the outside stove cooked peelings and gristle into chicken feed.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
