Crossword clues for tchotchke
The Collaborative International Dictionary
tchotchke \tchotch"ke\ n.
1. [Yiddish tshatshke, trinket, from Pol. czaczko.
--MW10.] a
knickknack or trinket; a decorative item or souvenir of
little value. [Also spelled chotchke.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"tinket, gewgaw," also (transferred) "pretty girl," 1964, American English, from Yiddish, from a Slavic source (compare Russian tsatska).
Wiktionary
WordNet
Wikipedia
A tchotchke is a small bauble or miscellaneous item. The word has long been used by Jewish-Americans and in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere.
The word may also refer to free promotional items dispensed at trade shows, conventions, and similar commercial events. They can also be sold as cheap souvenirs in tourist areas, which are sometimes called "tchotchke shops".
Usage examples of "tchotchke".
On her left, the unregenerate originals, the T-shirt shops and tchotchke vendors, stuck it out behind shabby storefronts, still fielding plenty of customers.
She apparently was big for picking up cheap tchotchkes of animals and birds and such.
Monroe tchotchkes along with that big Neiman of the World Cup over the sofa?
I expected a chaotic apartment with ten cats, undusted tchotchkes, and piles of magazines from the Johnson administration, but I did.
No wonder Tess had cats on the brain: the clock was one of those insanely grinning Kit-Kat Klock tchotchkes, sequined tail swinging back and forth in time with round eyes that cased the room.
No tchotchkes, no fancy paperweights, no frivolous doodads cluttered its surface.
He surveyed the surface damage and calculated that the woman had gone in for tchotchkes in a big way.