Date:  Tue, 17 May 1994 09:52:25 CDT

From:  Randy Roberts <robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EXT.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Re: Spring chicken



   Try the word pullet.



   Randy Roberts

   Univ. of Missouri-Columbia

   robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ext.missouri.edu





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Subject: Spring chicken

Author: charmii[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU at INTERNET-EXT

Date:  5/17/94 3:13 AM





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



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