Meaning & use

Chachkis

noun·Everyday

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Small, inexpensive trinkets, knickknacks, or decorative objects of little practical value.

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Her shelves were crowded with chachkis collected from every vacation.

The souvenir shop sold nothing but cheap chachkis for tourists.

A note on using this word

A variant spelling of "tchotchkes," borrowed from Yiddish, and now common in informal American English.

Words with a similar meaning

knickknackstrinkets

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