spring chicken

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

Noun

1. a young chicken, which is tender for cooking

2. he or she is no spring chicken Informal he or she is no longer young

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spring chicken - a young person (especially a young man or boy) young person, younker, youth 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 pup, puppy - an inexperienced young person 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