kickshaw

kickshaw
Synonyms and related words:
a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, ambrosia, bagatelle, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, blocks, bonne bouche, brass farthing, bric-a-brac, button, cate, cent, checkerboard, chessboard, choice morsel, club, cockhorse, cricket bat, cue, curio, dainty, delicacy, dessert, doll, doll carriage, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, goody, hair, halfpenny, hill of beans, hobbyhorse, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jest, joke, knack, knickknack, knickknackery, manna, marble, marionette, mig, minikin, mockery, molehill, morsel, nectar, paper doll, peppercorn, picayune, pick-up sticks, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pinwheel, plaything, puppet, racket, rag doll, rap, red cent, rocking horse, row of pins, rush, savory, shit, snap, sneeshing, sou, sport, steelie, straw, taw, teetotum, tidbit, titbit, top, toy, toy soldier, treat, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, whim-wham

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  • Kickshaw — Kick shaw , n. See {Kickshaws}, the correct singular. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kickshaw — late 16c., a fancy dish in cookery (especially a non native one), from English pronunciation of Fr. quelque chose something …   Etymology dictionary

  • kickshaw — [kik′shô΄] n. [earlier kickshaws, altered (by folk etym.) < Fr quelque chose, something] 1. a fancy food or dish; delicacy; tidbit 2. a trinket; trifle; gewgaw …   English World dictionary

  • kickshaw — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from French quelque chose something Date: 1597 1. a fancy dish ; delicacy 2. trinket, gewgaw …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • kickshaw — /kik shaw /, n. 1. a tidbit or delicacy, esp. one served as an appetizer or hors d oeuvre. 2. something showy but without value; trinket; trifle. [1590 1600; back formation from kickshaws < F quelque chose something (by folk etym.)] * * * …   Universalium

  • kickshaw — noun a) A dainty or delicacy b) A trinket or gewgaw …   Wiktionary

  • kickshaw — n. special delicacy; toy, attractive but worthless object …   English contemporary dictionary

  • kickshaw — noun 1》 archaic a fancy but insubstantial cooked dish. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. an elegant but insubstantial trinket. Origin C16: from Fr. quelque chose something …   English new terms dictionary

  • kickshaw — kick·shaw …   English syllables

  • kickshaw — kick•shaw [[t]ˈkɪkˌʃɔ[/t]] n. 1) coo a tidbit or delicacy 2) trinket; trifle • Etymology: 1590–1600; back formation from kickshaws < F quelque chose something …   From formal English to slang

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