Do you speak a little Yiddish when you say 'tchotchke'?

'Tchotchke' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'tshatshke'. The word entered the English language some time around 1971.

tchotchke [noun] [1971]

• knickknack

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Etymology: Yiddish 'tshatshke' trinket, from obsolete Polish 'czaczko'

See more loan words from 1970s.