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Spring chicken

noun

A young person (especially a young man or boy). Synonyms: young person, younker, youth.

A young chicken having tender meat.

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"Spring chicken" Quotes from Famous Books

... said Bud, with a wink, "an' we'll fool 'em all. Them Injuns never went nowhere except inter ther east. I throwed out a blast o' hot atmosphere erbout them goin' west. That wuz ter fool ole nosey Ben, who had his neck stretched out like a spring chicken's ter hear what was bein' said, an' git ther advantage ...

— Ted Strong in Montana - With Lariat and Spur • Edward C. Taylor

Words linked to "Spring chicken" : school-age child, schoolchild, hobbledehoy, puppy, pup, juvenile person, young person, blade, slip, juvenile, Gallus gallus, pupil, younker, chicken