spring chicken
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spring chicken
n.
1. A young chicken, especially one from two to ten months old, having tender meat.
2. Slang A young person.
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spring chicken
n
1. (Cookery) chiefly Also called: springer US and Canadian 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
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spring′ chick′en
n.
1. a young chicken, esp. a broiler or fryer.
2. Slang. a young person.
[1835–45, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  spring chicken - a young person (especially a young man or boy)juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed blade - a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures" hobbledehoy - an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy school-age child, schoolchild, pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school) slip - a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad" |
| 2. | spring chicken - a young chicken having tender meat Gallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl |
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