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kickshaw

[ kik-shaw ]

noun

  1. a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
  2. something showy but without value; trinket; trifle.


kickshaw

/ ˈ°ìɪ°ìËŒÊƒÉ”Ë /

noun

  1. a valueless trinket
  2. archaic.
    a small elaborate or exotic delicacy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kickshaw1

1590–1600; back formation from kickshaws < French quelque chose something (by folk etymology)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kickshaw1

C16: back formation from kickshaws, by folk etymology from French quelque chose something
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Example Sentences

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Gewgaw, a shiny trinket Bon Voyage A trinket or a knickknack, an ornament, a kickshaw, a frippery, a gimcrack, a bibelot, a gewgaw .

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Andover, knowing her, imagined that she had been refused some kickshaw, and thought no more about it.

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Poll was a person who rather despised sweeties and kickshaws.

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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.

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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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