kickshaw

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  1. noun A fancy food; a delicacy.
  2. noun A trinket; a gewgaw.

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  1. 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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  1. Prop, kickshaws, singular; formerly also kickshose, kickshoes, keckshose, kekshoes (simulating kick + shoes), earlier quelkchose, orig. quelquechose, from French quelque chose, something: see quelquechose.
 

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/ˈkɪkʃɔ/
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