spring chicken
Example Sentences
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And I was not a spring chicken at 74 years old.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 13, 2026
As impersonated by Matt Walker, the company’s director and comic frontman, he makes the late-career Las Vegas singer look like a spring chicken.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 5, 2025
Mr Biden turns 81 on Monday, making him the oldest president ever, with Mr Trump no spring chicken at 77.
From BBC β Nov. 19, 2023
Especially if Trump, at 76 no spring chicken himself, is in the race.
From Seattle Times β Apr. 27, 2023
“Besides, think of your future. You’re no spring chicken at sixty-nine, and very soon, you’re going to be where you don’t make the rules.”
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
