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View synonyms for spring chicken

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.



spring chicken

noun

  1. Also calledspringer a young chicken, tender for cooking, esp one from two to ten months old
  2. she is no spring chicken informal.
    she is no longer young
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spring chicken1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Idioms and Phrases

see no spring chicken .
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Example Sentences

Despite the name, CollegeHumor isn’t a spring chicken anymore.

From Digiday

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

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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