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Etymology

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From spring +‎ chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spring chicken (plural spring chickens)

  1. (cooking) A chicken for eating while it is still young.
  2. (informal, chiefly in negative constructions) A person who is still young.
    • 2014, William Friedman, Hearts and Minds, page 64:It is a special day for you indeed, for both of us, bodies incorporeal, receptive always to life's joys appreciative in any way I can, you like to remind me were both getting old; I'd remind you that, at fifty-five, you're still a spring chicken.

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  • no spring chicken

See also

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  • spring onion ('young onion' sense)
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