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Definition of Kickshaws
1. n. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.
Definition of Kickshaws
1. Noun. (plural of kickshaw) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kickshaws
1. kickshaw [n] - See also: kickshaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kickshaws
Literary usage of Kickshaws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"kickshaws, OR HORS D'CEUVRE. Without exact knowledge in this particular, I assume
that kickshaws is a good Saxon term for the various articles of which I am ..."
2. English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph by Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith, William Makepeace Thackeray (1906)
"... for there were letters in it, the matter of which might be of great service
to the enemy." kickshaws No. 148.] TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1709-10. [ADDISON. ..."
3. Wholesome Fare: A Sanitary Cookbook, Comprising the Laws of Food and the by Edmund S Delamere (1878)
"WHETS, kickshaws, SIDE-DISHES, ETC., AKE little things which sometimes take the
place of dishes, sometimes accompany dishes, sometimes fill up intervals ..."
4. Teachers College Record by Columbia University. Teachers College (1916)
"With all these warblings and kickshaws, there is none to honor the high triumphs
of classic art. Good old Mantuan! ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"At a later time, kickshaws was incorrectly regarded as being a pi. form.
kickshaws is a curious corruption of F. quelque choie, lit. something, hence, ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"Beaumont and Fletcher in one of their plays refer to the sweetmeats of their time
as " kickshaws and delicate new-made things." The term "kickshaws," though ..."
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