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