Kicksy-wicksy

Kicksy-wicksy
Kicksy-wicksy Kick"sy-wick`sy, Kicky-wisky Kick"y-wisk`y, n. That which is restless and uneasy. [1913 Webster]

Note: Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in ``All's Well that Ends Well,'' ii. 3, 297. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Kicksy-wicksy — Kick sy wick sy, a. Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy wicksy flames. Nares. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Kicky-wisky — Kicksy wicksy Kick sy wick sy, Kicky wisky Kick y wisk y, n. That which is restless and uneasy. [1913 Webster] Note: Kicky wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in All s Well that Ends… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kickie-wickie — /kikˈi wik i/ (Shakespeare) noun A wife ORIGIN: Altered by editors to kicksy wicksy; perh connected with ↑kickshaws …   Useful english dictionary

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