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Kickshaws   Listen
noun
Kickshaws  n.  (pl. kickshawses)  
1.
Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. "Art thou good at these kickshawses!"
2.
A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy. "Some pigeons,... a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws." "Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Kickshaws" Quotes from Famous Books



... a beastly hole—St. Victor, I mean," said Bowman, as he led the way to the reading-room, "but the eating is fair. An Englishman keeps the inn, and though he has no French kickshaws on his table, he gives you solid food and enough of it. Do you smoke? I believe I have a cigar somewhere, but I smoke a ...
— The Erie Train Boy • Horatio Alger



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