noun
- a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d’oeuvre.
- something showy but without value; trinket; trifle.
noun
- a valueless trinket
- archaic a small elaborate or exotic delicacy
late 16c., “a fancy dish in cookery” (especially a non-native one), from English pronunciation of French quelque chose “a something, a little something.”