Tchotchke is a small, inexpensive trinket or bauble, often given as a bag- or souvenir-like gift. It’s typically poking fun at the idea of a “cute” or novelty item, and is used to describe knick-knacks of modest value that accumulate in homes. The term has Yiddish origins and is widely used in English to denote a procured object with little intrinsic worth.
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