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Meaning of spring chicken | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

עברית פרגיות פרגית

Examples

“It is a special day for you indeed, for both of us, bodies incorporeal, receptive always to life's joys appreciative in any way I can, you like to remind me were both getting old; I'd remind you that, at fifty-five, you're still a spring chicken.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

spring clean spring cleaning spring constant Spring Creek spring dance spring destroying angel

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