The New World bird itself reputedly reached England by 1524 at the earliest estimate, though a date in the 1530s seems more likely. "chicken from India"), based on the common misconception that the New World was eastern Asia. dinde (contracted from poulet d'inde, lit. 1555 because it was identified with or treated as a species of the guinea fowl. The word turkey was first applied to it in Eng. The larger North American bird (Meleagris gallopavo) was domesticated by the Aztecs, introduced to Spain by conquistadors (1523) and thence to wider Europe, by way of North Africa (then under Ottoman rule) and Turkey (Indian corn was originally turkey corn or turkey wheat in Eng. "Men of one idea, like a hen with one chicken, and that a duckling." ġ541, "guinea fowl" (Numida meleagris), imported from Madagascar via Turkey, by Near East traders known as turkey merchants. Sense of "result of thinking" first recorded 1645. "look, form," from idein "to see," from PIE *wid-es-ya-, suffixed form of base *weid- "to see" (see vision). idea "idea," and in Platonic philosophy "archetype," from Gk. The chicken dish that bears his name (for no good reason) in Chinese restaurants apparently is modified from a traditional Hunan chung ton gai and may have been named for the general c.1972 by a chef in New York City during the time Hunan cuisine first became popular among Americans.ġ430, "figure, image, symbol," from L. Spring training first attested 1897.Ĭhinese restaurant dish, named for General Tso Tsungtang (1812-1885), military leader during the late Qing dynasty who crushed the Taiping rebels in four provinces. sense of "young person" first recorded 1906. Spring chicken "small roasting chicken" (usually 11 to 14 weeks) is recorded from 1780 transf. lenctenadle first record of spring cleaning is in 1857 (in ancient Persia, the first month, corresponding to March-April, was Adukanaia, which apparently means "Irrigation-Canal-Cleaning Month " Kent, p.167). ![]() "first time, first season." Spring fever was O.E. vrueje "early." In 15c., the season also was prime-temps, after O.Fr. ![]() languages tend to take words for "fore" or "early" as their roots for the season name, cf. From spring (v.) the notion is of the "spring of the year," when plants "spring up" (cf. "season following winter," 1547, earlier springing time, (1387), spring-time (1495), spring of the year (1530), which had replaced O.E. Sometimes c.1600-1900 chicken was taken as a plural, chick as a singular (cf. black slang, in British use by c.1940, popularized by Beatniks late 1950s. As slang for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927 (in "Elmer Gantry"), supposedly from U.S. cicene mete "chicken food."Ĭ.1320, abbreviation of chicken (q.v.), extended to human offspring (often in alliterative pairing chick and child) and used as a term of endearment. Chicken feed "paltry sum of money" is from 1904. Chicken pox (c.1730) may be a disparaging name because of their mildness compared to smallpox. Chicken hawk "public person who advocates war but who declined significant opportunity to serve in uniform during wartime" is attested from at least 1988, Amer.Eng. slang as a game of danger to test courage, it is first recorded 1953. meaning "to back down or fail through cowardice" is from 1943, U.S. Sense of "cowardly" is at least as old as 14c. ![]() *kiukinam, from base *keuk- (possibly root of cock, of echoic origin) + dim. came to mean "young chicken," then any chicken, from W.Gmc.
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