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kick·shaw (kik′s̸hô′)

noun

  1. a fancy food or dish; delicacy; tidbit
  2. a trinket; trifle; gewgaw

Etymology: earlier kickshaws, altered (by folk etym.) < Fr quelque chose, something

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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