spring chicken (redirected from spring chickens)

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) Also called springer Chiefly US and Canadian a young chicken, tender for cooking, esp one from two to ten months old

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