spring chicken
Example Sentences
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And I was not a spring chicken at 74 years old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Yet Ertz is a spring chicken compared with Megan Rapinoe who, at 38, is the oldest woman on the U.S. roster and one of 10 players older than 30.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Especially if Trump, at 76 no spring chicken himself, is in the race.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
Its name doesn't just indicate its seasonality; like a spring chicken, spring onions are literally young onions, plucked earlier, which means that they aren't so bitter and, well, onion-y tasting.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022
"Well, Lillie,” he said to Mother, "I guess my spring chicken days are over. When you start getting pecks on the cheek from your daughters’ friends, you’re on the decline.”
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
