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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.

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RELATED WORDS

undisciplined, unschooled, naive, inept, young, untried, unsophisticated, immature, tenderfoot, raw, green, innocent, rookie, amateur, kid, prentice, callow, fresh, ignorant, inexpert

Nearby words

spring beauty, spring binder, spring break, spring cankerworm, spring catch, spring chicken, spring conjunctivitis, spring ephemeral, spring equinox, spring fever, spring for

Origin of spring chicken

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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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
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

Idioms and Phrases with spring chicken

spring chicken

see no spring chicken.

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