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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Variant of chachka.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a knickknack or trinket; a decorative item or souvenir of little value.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
  2. n. (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman

Etymologies

  1. First attested in American English in 1964: From Yiddish טשאַטשקע (tshatshke, "trinket"), from obsolete Polish czaczko; consider Russian цацка (cácka). (Wiktionary)

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  • hgould3 Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears. Fourth Edition Sep 29, 2010

  • bilby Ultimately of Slavic origin. Sep 20, 2009

  • middlesmith My cousin Joanie loves tchotchkes. May 23, 2009

  • mikeropology also an inexpensive showy trinket.. Jun 16, 2008

  • ecrivaine33 Aren't Yiddish words so much fun?

    Just heard this word for the first time yesterday during a business meeting when we got branded potholders handed out to go along with our "hot topics" for the meeting - cool idea, I thought. Jan 10, 2007

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‘tchotchke’ has been looked up 3493 times, loved by 18 people, added to 114 lists, commented on 5 times, and has a Scrabble score of 23.