spring chicken
Meaning
- A chicken for eating while it is still young.
- (informal) A person who is still young.
Translations
غُلام
jove
Hähnchen
νεανίσκος
homme
giovanotto
piepkuiken
café-com-leiteEtymology
From spring + chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser.
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