Kickshaws, trifles; made, or French dishes—not English or substantial. Anything of a fancy description now. Corruption of the French QUELQUES CHOSES.
Kicksy, troublesome, disagreeable. German, KECK, bold.
Kid, an infant, or child. From the German kind; or possibly from the name for the young of a goat. Also, a shallow dish in which sailors receive their portions of food.
Kid, to joke, to quiz, to hoax anybody. “No KID, now?” is a question often asked by a man who thinks he is being hoaxed.
Kidden, or KIDKEN, a low lodging-house for boys.
Kiddier, a pork-butcher.
Kiddily, fashionably or showily; “KIDDILY togg’d,” showily dressed.
Kiddleywink, a small shop where are retailed the commodities of a village store. Originally KIDDLE-A-WINK, from the offer made, with a wink, to give you something out of the kettle or kiddle. In the west country an alehouse. Also, a woman of unsteady habits.
Kiddy, a man, or boy. Formerly a low thief.
Kiddyish, frolicsome, jovial.