chicken scratch vs handwriting

chicken scratch

noun
  • Cramped or illegible handwriting. 

  • Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products. 

  • A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric. 

handwriting

noun
  • The characteristic writing of a particular person. 

  • The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed. 

  • Text that was written by hand. 

  • A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised. 

How often have the words chicken scratch and handwriting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )