kickshaw
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/ˈkɪk.ʃɔː/
Definition of kickshaw
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A dainty or delicacy.
“Some Pigeons Davy, a couple of ſhort-legg'd Hennes: a / ioynt of Mutton, and any pretty little tine Kickſhawes, / tell William Cooke.”
“Allow me now to recommend this dish— / A simple kickshaw by your Persian cook, / Such as is served at the great King’s second table.”
“The "Penny Magazine" for 1842 has a good and suggestive paper on "Feasts and Entertainments," with extracts from some of the early dramatists and a woodcut of "a new French cook, to devise fine kickshaws and toys."”
“The lunch […] consisted […] of […] lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs, truffles, and numberless delicious flavours; besides kickshaws, creams and sweetmeats.”
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noun
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A dainty or delicacy.
“Some Pigeons Davy, a couple of ſhort-legg'd Hennes: a / ioynt of Mutton, and any pretty little tine Kickſhawes, / tell William Cooke.”
“Allow me now to recommend this dish— / A simple kickshaw by your Persian cook, / Such as is served at the great King’s second table.”
“The "Penny Magazine" for 1842 has a good and suggestive paper on "Feasts and Entertainments," with extracts from some of the early dramatists and a woodcut of "a new French cook, to devise fine kickshaws and toys."”
“The lunch […] consisted […] of […] lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs, truffles, and numberless delicious flavours; besides kickshaws, creams and sweetmeats.”
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A trinket or gewgaw.
“Art thou good at theſe kicke-chawſes Knight?”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French quelque chose (“something”).
Words you can make from kickshaw
92 playable · top: WHACKS (18 pts)
Best play whacks 18 points6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
19 words4-letter words
30 words- HAWK 14 pts
- KICK 14 pts
- HACK 13 pts
- HICK 13 pts
- WACK 13 pts
- WICK 13 pts
- CHAW 12 pts
- KAKI 12 pts
- WICH 12 pts
- HAIK 11 pts
- KHIS 11 pts
- CASK 10 pts
- HAWS 10 pts
- ICKS 10 pts
- SACK 10 pts
- SHAW 10 pts
- SHWA 10 pts
- SICK 10 pts
- WASH 10 pts
- WISH 10 pts
- CASH 9 pts
- CAWS 9 pts
- CHAI 9 pts
- CHIA 9 pts
- CHIS 9 pts
- ICHS 9 pts
- SAKI 8 pts
- SIKA 8 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- ASCI 6 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
11 wordsHooks
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