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JJ11

Joking names for handwriting that’s hard to read: “I can’t make anything out of his ________.”

SCRIBBLING 7
CHICKEN SCRATCH 6
CHICKEN SCRATCHES 4
CHICKEN SCRATCHING 4
HEN SCRATCHING 3
HIEROGLYPHICS 2
SCRAWL 2
CHICKEN SCRATCHINGS 1
CROW TRACKS 1
DOCTOR’S ENGLISH 1
HANDWRITING 1
MESS 1

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