kickshaw
noun/ˈkɪk.ʃɔː/
Etymology
From Middle French quelque chose (“something”).
Definitions
A dainty or delicacy.
- Some Pigeons Davy, a couple of ſhort-legg'd Hennes: a / ioynt of Mutton, and any pretty little tine Kickſhawes, / tell William Cooke.
- Allow me now to recommend this dish— / A simple kickshaw by your Persian cook, / Such as is served at the great King’s second table.
- The "Penny Magazine" for 1842 has a good and suggestive paper on "Feasts and Entertainments," with extracts from some of the early dramatists and a woodcut of "a new French cook, to devise fine kickshaws and toys."
A trinket or gewgaw.
- Art thou good at theſe kicke-chawſes Knight?
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA