spring chicken
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "You know the world. You are no spring chicken."
- "A real candidate arose to challenge dapper Robert Rice ("Buncombe Bob") Reynolds, aging coxcomb of the Senate. The candidate, no spring chicken himself: tall, lean Clyde Roark Hoey (pronounced Hooey), 65, one of the most popular Governors the state ever had."
- "He doubtless hoped for a sympathetic ruling from President Reagan, at 70 no spring chicken himself."
- "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."