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Little "kickshaws" for Polly lay on the table before him, and a small fire burned in the grate, with a huge kettle thereon.— Philosopher Jack
"Heeds, you win the siller; tails, I win the box;--heeds it is, so the kickshaws is mine.— The Lighthouse
I hate your kickshaws, there's so much pawing about them.— The King's Own
We laughed, and observed, in return, that people have different tastes, and that we had no fancy for the kickshaws and trifles which satisfied them.— Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor
They talk a deal about French cooks and their kickshaws, and about English cooks, and I'm no saying but that some English cooks are very decent bodies; but when you come to Irish, Ould Oireland, as they ca' it, there's only one thing that ever came from there, and that's Irish stew What about taters, Andy Why, isna that part of it?— Fitz the Filibuster

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