| 单词 | kickshaw |
| 例句 | Gewgaw, a shiny trinket Bon Voyage A trinket or a knickknack, an ornament, a kickshaw, a frippery, a gimcrack, a bibelot, a gewgaw . Style Invitational Week 1449: Let’s have a get-together 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Andover, knowing her, imagined that she had been refused some kickshaw, and thought no more about it. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Poll was a person who rather despised sweeties and kickshaws. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z It is a glorious thing to think that one is leaving France and all foreign kickshaws behind one, and is once more approaching dear honest old England on the deck of a British steamer. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.103Z Somewhere, we think, in the other bag, there should be a cold fowl, or some such kickshaw, with, if we mistake not, a vision of beef, and a certain pewter flask.—Thank you. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z That finished, it was dinner-time and that was fun because she had ordered or brought in all her pet kickshaws—shrimps, dough-nuts and so forth—which Hubert always vetoed, describing them expansively as dirty feeding. Helena Brett's Career When Mammon advises Swellfoot the Tyrant to refresh himself with A simple kickshaw by your Persian cook Such as is served at the Great King's second table. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle John Bull looks down from the sublime of ten thousand a year on French kickshaws, as he calls them:—"Give me my meat cooked so I may know what it is!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 The table held only the kickshaws—cakes, candy, nuts, syllabub and custard. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Her feast was better cooked, altogether more substantial and real than the kickshaws and sweetmeats she chose to ascribe to the menus of Arcadia. Somehow Good A joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature And I stole away to get th' babe some kickshaws i' th' village, that they twain might be alone together. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales An Englishman keeps the inn, and though he has no French kickshaws on his table, he gives you solid food and enough of it. The Erie Train Boy It seems, as usual, that the difficulties thicken, not about the necessaries, but about the luxuries and kickshaws of life. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis That is all very well, but if one really wants filling out these little kickshaws are no good; roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is the thing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 Some pigeons, Davy; a couple of short-legged hens, a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws. The Romance of Names The maid served a number of elegant kickshaws, and the grave serving-man who had superintended the dinner-table on the previous evening entered with a bottle of hock in a cradle and stealthily withdrew. Despair's Last Journey Like roses blooming in a snowdrift, so puffs and pies and kickshaws of all rarest sorts appeared upon a dazzling white tablecloth, and then—disappeared. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 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 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 "No kickshaws" was the proud boast of every chef. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert He can’t make what you call side dishes and French kickshaws. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig Don’t you know, Nan, that nine out of ten Englishmen would rather be set down opposite a joint of meat than half a dozen kickshaws! A Houseful of Girls That’s the proper way to do things, instead of kickshaws and things with French names that one can swallow at a gulp. Roger Ingleton, Minor “We are well enough now,” said Mowbray, “though we have had none of their d——d kickshaws.” St. Ronan's Well The details change, but the type is always the same--what his wife calls 'a good plain English dinner, none of your unwholesome French kickshaws,' which are reserved for company. Town Life in Australia The Gen'ral has enough kickshaws to eat; he wants a good, hearty, old-fashioned supper,—the same country cooking he remembers when he was a boy. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches And in Brome's "City Wit" Mrs. Pyannet tells Toby Sneakup: "You have your kickshaws, your players' marchpanes—all show and no meat." A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character O happy man, who art now every foot treated with some new sorts of kickshaws at your Table; and have free leave to frequent the Coffy-house, which other women grumble and mumble at. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple We would greatly have preferred two good-sized dishes to all these kickshaws. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy Stunning! she has been making kickshaws all day, and looks as if she came out of a bandbox! The Three Brides Every day saw on that board a noble joint of boiled beef, not to the exclusion of lighter kickshaws; but the beef was indispensable, just as the bouilli still is in some provinces of France. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character With responsibility—not merely for commas and niceties and literary kickshaws, but in its old sense—disappears also a portion of the interest of editorial labour. Studies in Literature All the soups and kickshaws—though excellent in themselves—in the world are not, for his purpose, equal to a round of beef or a side of bacon. Hodge and His Masters Look what they pay for their silks and satins and kickshaws and silly furbelows! The Wrong Twin Whilst the hunter was seeing to his nag, the squire thus addressed his serving man: "Some pigeons, Davy, a couple of short-legged hens, a joint of mutton, and any pretty tiny kickshaws, tell William cook." A Cotswold Village Some pigeons, Davy, a couple of short-legg'd hens, a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare I don't care about kickshaws after a good dinner. Birds of Prey While they were bringing wine and kickshaws, thumps began to trot about by dozens. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Come home and eat a bit of mutton with Lady Warrington, at three, in Hill Street,—that is if you can do without your White's kickshaws. The Virginians I don't care for kickshaws, even if I could afford them, which has never yet been my destiny. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War My wife must eat plain food, and I don't love kickshaws. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 We have a good, stout, manly supper,—no Apician kickshaws, the triumphs of palate-science,—no nightingales' tongues, no peacocks' brains, no French follies,—but just a rasher or so, in its naked and elegant simplicity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 It is said that at this point of the conversation Master Peleg produced from about his person divers small trinkets, kickshaws and new-fangled trifles, and even forced some of them upon his host. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers What," cried the Captain with a sneer, "I suppose this may be in your French taste? it's like enough, for it's all kickshaw work. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World This made way for a foolish trifling dessert of muscatel grapes, guava jelly and divers kickshaws diluted with agreeable wines varied by a little glass of Marasquino & Co., at junctures. It Is Never Too Late to Mend No one shall be stinted in Walter Ashton's house; but I'll not away with any of your outlandish kickshaws. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland She lives in Leeson park with a grief and kickshaws, a lady of letters. Ulysses At sight of these kickshaws a dismal suspicion entered Mahony's mind, and refused to be dislodged. Australia Felix All the pretty, tiny little kickshaws of Gotham had once been his. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Then woke I sleeping appetite to eat as though in sport * Sweets from broceded trays and kickshaws most elaborate. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 No cakes, no pastry kickshaws, and only wheaten bread enough for absolute necessity. John Halifax, Gentleman "We could have done with your kickshaws here," said Tom. We Two, a novel I hate your kickshaws, though I keep a French cook for those who are not of my way of thinking. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond I had visions of a tenderloin steak smothered in fried onions, and some French-fried potatoes, and a tall table-limit stack of wheat cakes, and a few other incidental comfits and kickshaws. Speaking of Operations Every copper I've got went to pay the bearers here and to buy the kickshaws and rum for old What's-his-name, and I'm not anxious to start again as a pauper. A Millionaire of Yesterday It is said that at this point of the conversation Master Peleg produced from about his person divers small trinkets, kickshaws, and newfangled trifles, and even forced some of them upon his host. Selected Stories of Bret Harte Return whence you came; take back those horrible vegetables, and that poor kickshaw! The Three Musketeers |
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