spring chicken

noun

: a young person
is no spring chicken

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Out went the Coca-Cola and the ready meals, in came the sea bream, the sea bass, the spring chicken and the vegetables. Tom Williams, New York Times, 30 May 2025 Messi is no spring chicken himself, turning 38 on June 24. Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 But the main takeaway here is that not only is Sondheim now gone, his peers are no spring chickens, either. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025 Michael De Luca is a relative spring chicken at 59, but he’s been fronting studio slates — at New Line, MGM, Amazon and Warner Bros. — for three decades. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for spring chicken

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spring chicken was in 1857

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“Spring chicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20chicken. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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