| 词汇 | chicken scratch |
| 词源 | chicken scratch; crow tracks. These are Americanisms for il- legible handwriting. Chicken scratch is first recorded in 1956 but is probably much older, while crow tracks dates back to at least 1875. Variations are hen tracks and turkey tracks. |
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