How To Use Kickshaw In A Sentence

  • The lunch was copious, and consisted, I remember, of all such dishes as are generally considered mischievous and too good for the schoolboy digestion -- lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs and numberless delicious flavours; besides sauces, kickshaws, creams, and sweetmeats. The Best British Short Stories of 1922
  • At dinner, the lady maintained the same ungracious indifference, never speaking but in whispers to her aunt; and as to the repast, it was made up of a parcel of kickshaws, contrived by a French cook, without one substantial article adapted to the satisfaction of an English appetite. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
  • Puddings, ‘kickshaws’, or ‘made dishes’, and salads of cooked, pickled, or raw vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
  • The little tiny kickshaw that Mither sent tae me .... The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Volume 10
  • Then be generous -- show him the flash of a looking-glass, the flutter of a bright handkerchief, a tin whistle, or any other little kickshaw that the remembrance of a boy's pocket may suggest -- and the chances are that he will come back again, finding curiosity so richly rewarded. Secret of the Woods
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  • “Because when you touch an honest bit of bread you never wipe your hands, but if you take one of these fine kickshaws you turn to your napkin at once, as if you were angry to find your fingers soiled.” Cyropaedia
  • Yet I had ordered duck pie, alamode beef and soused hog's face as well, apart from the kickshaws.
  • No kickshaw ditties, favourites with national enemies, but ... genuine George the Third home brewed, exhorting him (as 'my brave boys') to reduce to a smashed condition all other islands but this island, and all continents, peninsulas, isthmuses, promontories, and other geographical forms of land soever, besides sweeping the sea in all directions. Charles Dickens and Music
  • I remember checking a maid because she sang some bairnly kickshaw while my mind was thus engaged; and my asperity brought about my ears the enmity of all the petticoats about the house; of which I reeked very little, but it amused Mr. Henry, who rallied me much upon our joint unpopularity. Persecutions Endured
  • Andover, knowing her, imagined that she had been refused some kickshaw, and thought no more about it. The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century
  • Tonolo's put it in little choux buns, puff-pastry kickshaws, tiny tartlets, and God knows what else.
  • 'Tak' awa 'the kickshaws,' Fletcher, 'and bring us the cauf.' The Invader A Novel
  • We dare not imagine the private agonies of his Lady, deprived, perhaps forever, of acquiring additional kickshaws and gauds on investors' nickels and dimes. Archive 2007-07-01
  • O the little tiny kickshaw that Mither sent tae me ... The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Volume 10
  • “We are well enough now,” said Mowbray, “though we have had none of their d — — d kickshaws.” Saint Ronan's Well
  • I hate your kickshaws, though I keep a French cook for those who are not of my way of thinking. The Great Hoggarty Diamond
  • Pitt would do anything to keep what he called the “French kickshaw” away. THE DIAMOND
  • Such dinners they may pronounce as mere flummery and "kickshaws," but the partakers of them will not often endorse their opinion, nor desire to return to the antique fashions of 1773. A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding
  • Some pigeons, Davy, a couple of short-legged hens, a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook. The second part of King Henry the Fourth
  • Many restaurant put out picture of their kickshaw to attract customer.
  • Sweets from broceded trays and kickshaws most elaborate. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • Yet I had ordered duck pie, alamode beef and soused hog's face as well, apart from the kickshaws.
  • 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
  • Different tasty kickshaws baked in a puff pastry.
  • I remember checking a maid because she sang some bairnly kickshaw while my mind was thus engaged; and my asperity brought about my ears the enmity of all the petticoats about the house; of which I reeked very little, but it amused Mr. Henry, who rallied me much upon our joint unpopularity. Persecutions Endured

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