chicken scratch vs running hand

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. 

running hand

noun
  • A style of rapid handwriting without lifting the pen. 

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