# spring chicken

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A chicken for eating while it is still young.
2. A person who is still young.

## Etymology
From spring + chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spring-chicken