kickshaw
Noun
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Noun
kickshaw (plural kickshaws)
- A dainty or delicacy.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts, page gbooks byQAAAAAQAAJ:
- 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.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts, page gbooks byQAAAAAQAAJ:
- A trinket or gewgaw.
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