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tchotchke

or chotch·ke

[ chahch-kuh ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tchotchke1

First recorded in 1965–70, Americanism; from Yiddish tshatshke, from Polish czaczko “bibelot, knickknack” (now obsolete; compare modern cacko with same sense, originally dialect); of expressive origin

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