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spring chicken

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noun

a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.

Slang. a young person: I don't know his age, but he's no spring chicken.

Origin of spring chicken

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Words nearby spring chicken

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Example sentences from the Web for spring chicken

"You may get up to spring-chicken country soon, now," said Bader.

Old Man Savarin and Other Stories |Edward William Thomson

British Dictionary definitions for spring chicken

spring chicken

noun

Also called: springer mainly US and Canadian a young chicken, tender for cooking, esp one from two to ten months old

she is no spring chicken informal she is no longer young

Idioms and Phrases with spring chicken

spring chicken

see no spring chicken.