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/sprɪŋ tʃˈɪkən/ Listen

Spring chicken

noun

A young person (especially a young man or boy). Synonyms: young person, younker, youth.

A young chicken having tender meat.

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"Spring chicken" Quotes from Famous Books

... Did he perform tricks in a circus? Of course, we know that he is a cute dog. Of course you have plenty of nickels now, and if you had sent on your order for dinner, you could have had spring chicken, peas, early apples, and other ...

— Pixy's Holiday Journey • George Lang

... hole. But he affords some sport, and as an article of food, beats the long-legged hare out of sight. He is excellent in stews or soups, while the after half of him, flattened down with the hatchet, parboiled and fried brown in butter or pork fat, is equal to spring chicken. ...

— Woodcraft • George W. Sears

... a spring chicken split open for broiling. Next time I ride a wheel it'll be four wheels, with a horse fastened in front. Oh my! oh my! I believe I've broken my ...

— The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces • John Kendrick Bangs

... fill the order for breakfast, and Jeff, also under the baleful spell, had killed an ancient hen instead of a spring chicken, to supply the ...

— Opening a Chestnut Burr • Edward Payson Roe

Words linked to "Spring chicken" : blade, juvenile person, juvenile, Gallus gallus, pup, pupil, youth, young person, school-age child, schoolchild, younker, puppy, slip, hobbledehoy, chicken