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Definition of Spring chicken
1. Noun. A young person (especially a young man or boy).
Generic synonyms: Juvenile, Juvenile Person
Specialized synonyms: Blade, Hobbledehoy, Pup, Puppy, Pupil, School-age Child, Schoolchild, Slip
2. Noun. A young chicken having tender meat.
Definition of Spring chicken
1. Noun. A chicken for eating while it is still young. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring Chicken
Literary usage of Spring chicken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"Since the introduction of the modern method of incubation, however, the spring
chicken may be had at all seasons of the year. The "broiler" and "spring ..."
2. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"Since the introduction of the modern method of incubation, however, the spring
chicken may be had at all seasons of the year. The " broiler" and "spring ..."
3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"Since the introduction of the modern method of incubation, however, the spring
chicken may be had at all seasons of the year. The "broiler" and "spring ..."
4. Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern by Thomas Cooper De Leon (1890)
"After getting on the boat, spring chicken had been taking mint with sugar ...
spring chicken stopped, balanced himself on his heels and announced with much ..."
5. The Book of Entrées by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1886)
"spring chicken, Hungarian Style.—Disjoint a four pound chicken ; put it in a
stew-pan with a quart of lukewarm water, half a tea- spoonful of salt, ..."
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