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tchotch⋅ke
[chahch-kuh] 
–noun Slang.
| an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament. |
Also, chotchke.
Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; < Yiddish tshatshke < Pol czaczko bibelot, knickknack (now obs.; cf. mod. cacko with same sense, orig. dial.); of expressive orig.
1965–70, Americanism; < Yiddish tshatshke < Pol czaczko bibelot, knickknack (now obs.; cf. mod. cacko with same sense, orig. dial.); of expressive orig.
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| chach·ka or tchotch·ke (chŏch'kə) n. Slang A cheap showy trinket. [Yiddish tshatshke, from Polish dialectal czaczka.] |
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