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spring chicken

 
noun
1.
a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
2.
Slang. a young person: I don't know his age, but he's no spring chicken.
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1835–45, Americanism
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spring chicken
 
—n
1.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) Also called: springer a young chicken, tender for cooking, esp one from two to ten months old
2.  informal she is no spring chicken she is no longer young

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spring chicken definition


  1. n.
    a young and naive person, especially a young woman. (Usually in the negative.) : Well, I may not be a spring chicken, but I got some spizzerinktum left.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

spring chicken

see no spring chicken.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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