tchotchke

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[chahch-kuh]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Slang.

an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tchotchke¹

First recorded in 1965–70, 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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Example Sentences

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The North Hollywood house, which songwriter Allee Willis first purchased in 1980 and turned into a living ode to all things kitsch, is awash in trinkets and tchotchkes.

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Or consider a tchotchke that is intended to help decorate a home.

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For your giftee are foodstuffs, home goods, clothes, paraphernalia and tchotchkes that are small in stature but imbued with the ineffable swagger.

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And it imbues the foodstuffs, home goods, clothes, paraphernalia and tchotchkes that hail from here with a sort of unquantifiable, ineffable, sun-kissed, surf-adjacent vibe that wraps around you like a cartoon bear hug.

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Like loved ones who leave behind scrapbooks or tchotchkes, many shows leave souvenirs of themselves in the form of cast albums.

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When To Use

�� does tchotchke mean?

A tchotchke is a small, cheap, ornamental trinket or souvenir; a knickknack.Tchotchke is taken from Yiddish, a dialect of German based on Hebrew. It has several English spellings, including chotchke, tchachke, and chachki. In Yiddish, it is also sometimes used as a term for a young girl or pretty woman.Example: My mother can’t go on vacation without coming back with a few tchotchkes.

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