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kick⋅shaw
[kik-shaw] 
–noun
| 1. | a tidbit or delicacy, esp. one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre. |
| 2. | something showy but without value; trinket; trifle. |
Origin:
1590–1600; back formation from kickshaws < F quelque chose something (by folk etym.)
1590–1600; back formation from kickshaws < F quelque chose something (by folk etym.)
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| kick·shaw (kĭk'shô') n.
[By folk etymology from French quelque chose, something : quelque, some (quel, what from Latin quālis, of what kind; see quality + que, what, which, who from Vulgar Latin *que, from Latin quid, what; see quiddity) + chose, thing; see chose2.] |
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Kickshaw
Kick"shaw`\, n. See Kickshaws, the correct singular.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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