"spring chicken" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spring chickens [plural]
Etymology: From spring + chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser. Etymology templates: {{com|en|spring|chicken}} spring + chicken Head templates: {{en-noun}} spring chicken (plural spring chickens)
  1. (cooking) A chicken for eating while it is still young. Categories (topical): Cooking Derived forms: no spring chicken
    Sense id: en-spring_chicken-en-noun-5OOGHWCx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (informal, chiefly in negative constructions) A person who is still young. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-spring_chicken-en-noun-jsAJtI19 Disambiguation of People: 1 99

Inflected forms

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