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kickshoe

kickshoe is the obsolete form of kickshaw.

Meaning of kickshaw

Noun

kickshaw (plural kickshaws)

  1. A dainty or delicacy.
    • Some Pigeons Davy, a couple of ſhort-legg'd Hennes: a / ioynt of Mutton, and any pretty little tine Kickſhawes, / tell William Cooke.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
  2. A trinket or gewgaw.
    • Art thou good at theſe kicke-chawſes Knight?c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of kickshoe

pluralkickshoes

Questions about kickshoe

What is kickshoe the obsolete form of?
Kickshoe is the obsolete form of kickshaw.

Words near kickshoe in the dictionary

  1. kickscooter
  2. kickscooters
  3. kickseys
  4. kickshaw
  5. kickshaws
  6. kickshoe
  7. kickshoes
  8. kicksies
  9. kicksled
  10. kicksledded
  11. kicksledding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kickshoe (page history and authors); kickshaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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