Kickshaws

Kick´shaws`


n.1.Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.
Art thou good at these kickshawses!
- Shak.
2.A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy.
Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws.
- Shak.
Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre.
- Fenton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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