Chickenfeed (PW) a small amount of money Taking the whole family on that cruise is certainly not going to be chickenfeed. (MW) Function: noun Date: 1836 slang : a paltry sum (as in profits or wages) (your) noun Slang. 1. an insignificant sum of money: He's so rich that $1000 is chicken feed to him. 2. small change, as pennies and nickels. Origin: 1830–40, Americanism (free) chicken feed n. Slang A trifling amount of money. |