[kik-shaw] 
| 1. | a tidbit or delicacy, esp. one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre. |
| 2. | something showy but without value; trinket; trifle. |
| 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.] |