英语词汇kickshaws的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	kickshaws
词源	kickshaws. Tidbits of food, trifles of small value. The word, spelled kickshaws, was used by Shakespeare in Henry IV, Part II, but had formerly been spelled kickhose. The confusion is un- derstandable when we realize that the word is merely a corrup- tion of the French quelque chose, “something,” which comes from the Latin qualis causa, “of what kind.”
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