KICKSHAWS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak.

2.
n.

A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy. Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws. Shak. Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre. Fenton.


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