English Explanatory Dictionary

no spring chicken

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Said of a person who is no longer particularly young.

Word forms

no spring chicken

Etymology

From the description of a young person as a spring chicken.

Related words

long in the tooth of a certain age oldster old person over the hill

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