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chotchke


chotchke [chahch-kuh] noun Slang.

  1. tchotchke.

tchotchke or chotch·ke [chahch-kuh] noun Slang.

  1. an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.

Origin of tchotchke 1965–70, Americanism; Yiddish tshatshke Polish czaczko bibelot, knickknack (now obsolete; compare modern cacko with same sense, orig. dial.); of expressive orig. Word Origin and History for chotchke tchotchke n.

“tinket, gewgaw,” also (transferred) “pretty girl,” 1964, American English, from Yiddish, from a Slavic source (cf. Russian tsatska).

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