chicken scratch

/ˌtʃɪkən skrætʃ/
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Other forms: chicken scratches

Definitions of chicken scratch
  1. noun
    cramped or illegible handwriting
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    type of:
    cacography, scratch, scrawl, scribble
    poor handwriting
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