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kickshaw
[ kik-shaw ]
noun
- a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- something showy but without value; trinket; trifle.
kickshaw
/ ˈ°ìɪ°ìËŒÊƒÉ”Ë /
noun
- a valueless trinket
- archaic.a small elaborate or exotic delicacy
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of kickshaw1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of kickshaw1
Example Sentences
Gewgaw, a shiny trinket Bon Voyage A trinket or a knickknack, an ornament, a kickshaw, a frippery, a gimcrack, a bibelot, a gewgaw .
Andover, knowing her, imagined that she had been refused some kickshaw, and thought no more about it.
Poll was a person who rather despised sweeties and kickshaws.
It is a glorious thing to think that one is leaving France and all foreign kickshaws behind one, and is once more approaching dear honest old England on the deck of a British steamer.
Somewhere, we think, in the other bag, there should be a cold fowl, or some such kickshaw, with, if we mistake not, a vision of beef, and a certain pewter flask.—Thank you.
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