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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.
chach·ka or tchotch·ke   (chŏch'kə)   
n.   Slang
A cheap showy trinket.

[Yiddish tshatshke, from Polish dialectal czaczka.]
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