kickshaw
Noun

kickshaw (plural kickshaws)

  1. 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.
  2. A trinket or gewgaw.



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