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

Word History and Origins

Origin of spring chicken¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Idioms and Phrases

see no spring chicken .

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• immature
• inept
• naive
• undisciplined
• unschooled
• unsophisticated
• untried
• young