spring chicken
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spring chicken
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From spring + chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser.
noun spring chickens
- A chicken for eating while it is still young.
- A person who is still young. You know the world. You are no spring chicken.
Talk about this word "spring chicken." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spring%20chicken. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spring chicken. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spring%20chicken "spring chicken." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spring%20chicken.Cite this
@misc{spring_chicken_2026,
title = {spring chicken},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spring%20chicken},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
