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
Joktan-Biblical
Alba (1)AHL-bah (Italian, Spanish), AHL-bə (Catalan)Italian, Spanish, Catalan
Lowery['ləuəri]
Carol (1)KER-əl, KAR-əlEnglish
Ammar-Arabic
Alixa-LEEKSFrench