English Explanatory Dictionary

spring chicken

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chicken for eating while it is still young.
  2. A person who is still young.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spring chicken.wav

Word forms

spring chicken spring chickens

Etymology

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

Related words

spring onion

Derived words

no spring chicken
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