End of ADS-L Digest - 15 May 1994 to 16 May 1994

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There are 11 messages totalling 208 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Spring chicken (7)

 2. Basket for chickens

 3. pop -- aka "dope" in these parts (2)

 4. Chickens



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Date:  Tue, 17 May 1994 03:13:30 -0700

From:  David Prager Branner <charmii[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

Subject: Spring chicken



Does anyone know any real English words (modern or obsolete) meaning

"spring chicken" - i.e., a "young adult" chicken, no longer a baby chick.

This is the youngest chicken that can be eaten conveniently and it has

very succulent flesh, hence many cultures have special words for them. I

am especially interested in finding a word for a young hen that has not

yet brooded. Any suggestions?



                    David Prager Branner

                    Asian Languages and Literature

                    University of Washington, DO-21

                    Seattle, WA 98195



                    <charmii[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu>