tchotchke

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Yiddish טשאַטשקע (tshatshke, “ornament; trinket; toy; (figurative) attractive girl or woman”), from a Slavic language and probably ultimately imitative of a baby’s utterances. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɒt͡ʃkə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑt͡ʃkə/, /-ki/ Hyphenation: tchotch‧ke === Noun === tchotchke (plural tchotchkes) (originally and chiefly Canada, US, informal) A small ornament of minor value; a knick-knack, a trinket. [from 1950s] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trinket (figurative, dated, chiefly in Jewish contexts) An attractive girl or woman. [from 1960s] Synonyms: bimbo; see also Thesaurus:beautiful woman ==== Alternative forms ==== chachka, chatchka, chatchke, chotchke, tsatske, tshatshke, tsotchke ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== schwag, swag === References === === Further reading === tchotchke on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Clarence L[ewis] Barnhart, Sol Steinmetz, Robert K. Barnhart (1980), “tchotchke”, in The Second Barnhart Dictionary of New English, Bronxville, N.Y.: Barnhart/Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 462, column 1. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “tchotchke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.