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noun

Kickshaws n. (pl. kickshawses)

Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. "Art thou good at these kickshawses!"

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Kickshaws" Quotes from Famous Books

... for a ration of what I had smelled outside. And although it was far from being equal to its smell—as the character is of everything—you might have thought it uncommon good, if you had never tasted Mrs. Stubbard's cooking, after she had been to the butcher herself. Very well. I don't care for kickshaws, even if I could afford them, which has never yet been my destiny. So I called for another ration of hot sheep—beg your pardon, ladies, what I mean is mutton—and half a dozen more of baked potatoes; and they reminded ...

— Springhaven - A Tale of the Great War • R. D. Blackmore

... artist, matured, solid, unapproachable. If, therefore, this be what you want, surely the Conservatoire system is the shortest cut to it. It is likely, however, that you, being English, want nothing of the kind. Kickshaws and daintiness are your aversion. The histrionic Roast Beef of Old England is your craving. You do not ask an actor to merge or transform himself into the character he assumes, but simply to employ the author as a medium for the display of his own more or less ...

— The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 - An Illustrated Monthly • Various