spring chicken

noun

: a young person
is no spring chicken

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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 Darius Rucker isn’t exactly feeling like a spring chicken after a recent onstage mishap at a Hootie & the Blowfish concert. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2024 These outdated bathroom trends are hardly spring chickens. Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 7 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 24 Apr. 2025.

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