spring chicken

spring chicken

n.1. A young chicken, especially one from two to ten months old, having tender meat.2. Slang A young person.

spring chicken

n 1. (Cookery) chiefly Also called: springer US and Canadian a young chicken, tender for cooking, esp one from two to ten months old 2. she is no spring chicken informal she is no longer young

spring′ chick′en

n. 1. a young chicken, esp. a broiler or fryer. 2. Slang. a young person. [1835–45, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spring chicken - a young person (especially a young man or boy)young person, younker, youthjuvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developedblade - a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"hobbledehoy - an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boypup, puppy - an inexperienced young personschool-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 meatGallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl