tchotchke

tchotchke
/chahch"keuh/, n. Slang.
an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.
Also, chotchke.
[1965-70, Amer.; < Yiddish tshatshke < Pol czaczko bibelot, knickknack (now obs.; cf. mod. cacko with same sense, orig. dial.); of expressive orig.]

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