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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 kickshaws
 虛有其表;無用物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Kick·shaws n.; pl. Kickshawses
 1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.
    Art thou good at these kickshawses!   --Shak.
 2. A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy.
    Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws.   --Shak.
    Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre.   --Fenton.
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