Meaning & use
tchotchkes
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Small, inexpensive decorative objects or trinkets, often of little practical value.
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Her shelves were cluttered with tchotchkes collected from every vacation.
The gift shop sold tourist tchotchkes like keychains and magnets.
A note on using this word
Tchotchkes comes from Yiddish and is typically used in casual, often affectionate or mildly dismissive, American English.
Words with a similar meaning
trinketsknickknacks
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