spring chicken

noun

: a young person
is no spring chicken

Examples of spring chicken in a Sentence

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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 Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2024 These outdated bathroom trends are hardly spring chickens.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 The Pixel Watch 2 is expected to come out by the end of the year, and by then, the Snapdragon W5 SoC will be no spring chicken either. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 31 May 2023 Though its participants are not spring chickens, their lives are also far from over. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for spring chicken 

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 5 Nov. 2024.

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