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kickshaw

 
Dictionary: kick·shaw   (kĭk'shô') pronunciation
 
n.
  1. A fancy food; a delicacy.
  2. A trinket; a gewgaw.

[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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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: something considered choice to eat
  Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, treat


 
 
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