Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Kickshaws"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kickshaws \Kick"shaws`\, n.; pl. {Kickshawses}[Corrupt. fr. F.
guelgue chose something, fr. L. gualis of what kind (akin to
E. which) + suffix -guam + causa cause, in LL., a thing. See
{Which}, and {Cause}.]
1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a
toy.
Art thou good at these kickshawses! --Shak.
2. A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.
Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any
pretty little tiny kickshaws. --Shak.
Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre.
--Fenton.
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