Did you maybe mean one of these? chack, chaka, chicha
Definitions
Etymologies
- From Yiddish, from Russian and other Slavic languages. (Wiktionary)
- Yiddish tshatshke, from Polish dialectal czaczka. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Watch live demonstrations and pick up a funky chachka or a tribal tapestry with a story.”
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“The state's Bayam Elementary School is debating whether or not to bar Santa Claus, dreidels and any other religious-themed chachka from the school's holiday gift store.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chachka’.
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Quirkstyle
Fashion elegance, oddities, styles, and cool garments.
tatterdemalion, froufrou, gingham, argyle, corset, hoop skirt, pantaloons, bloomers, jaunty, seersucker, twill, ganguro and 126 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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botello360's list
ruminate, steel, bifurcation, arrivederci, portage, tactile, ruminant, rift, anecdotage, diacritic, cud, hull and 399 more...
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Miscellanea
Pretty words. Words I really, really like.
causerie, persiflage, prickmedainty, chanteuse, menstruum, deliquesce, coruscant, umber, radiatrix, zoopsia, diamanté, desex and 50 more...
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beads and trinkets
wampum, sewan, spangly, fusarole, passementerie, knurl, astragal, jequirity, wampumpeag, seawant, rigoll, purfle and 17 more...
Tweets
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bilby The Yiddish diaspora is spread pretty widely so variant spellings wouldn't surprise me. Aug 28, 2008
chained_bear Never seen/heard this one. Usually see it spelled tchotchke. Aug 15, 2008