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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.

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Origin:
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

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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spring chicken

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