tchotchke
pronunciation
How to pronounce tchotchke in British English: UK ['tʃɒtʃkə]
How to pronounce tchotchke in American English: US ['tʃɒtʃkə]
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- Noun:
- (Yiddish) a mistress
- (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
Word Origin
- tchotchke (n.)
- "tinket, gewgaw," also (transferred) "pretty girl," 1964, American English, from Yiddish, from a Slavic source (compare Russian tsatska).