Kickshaw Definition

kĭkshô
noun
A fancy food or dish; delicacy; tidbit.
Webster's New World
A trinket; trifle; gewgaw.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
kickshaw
Plural:
kickshaws

Origin of Kickshaw

  • By folk etymology from French quelque chose something quelque some (quel what) (from Latin quālis of what kind quality) (que what, which, who) (from Vulgar Latin que) (from Latin quid what quiddity) chose thing chose2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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