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日本語WordNet(英和)
spring chicken
名詞
Wiktionary英語版
出典：Wiktionary
spring chicken
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/08/05 16:25 UTC 版)
語源
From spring + chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser.
発音
名詞
spring chicken (plural spring chickens)
- (cooking) A chicken for eating while it is still young.
- (informal, chiefly in negative constructions) A person who is still young.
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2014, William Friedman, Hearts and Minds, page 64:
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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.
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参考
- spring onion ('young onion' sense)
- Copyright (c) 1995-2026 Kenkyusha Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Copyright © Benesse Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 日本語ワードネット1.1版 (C) 情報通信研究機構, 2009-2010 License All rights reserved.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. License
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- Wiktionary
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