have (hand)writing like chicken scratch



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have (hand)writing like chicken scratch

To have very poor, messy, and/or illegible handwriting, likened to the marks made in the dirt by a chicken. I can't understand these notes at all, you have handwriting like chicken scratch!
See also: chicken, have, like, scratch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Deepak-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
RÍOnach-Irish
Eusebiusyoo-SEE-bee-əs (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Theutrich-Ancient Germanic
Thurayya-Arabic
ApphiaAF-ee-ə (English), AP-fee-ə (English)Biblical