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tsatske, tchotchke U.S. colloq.|ˈtsɒtskə|, |ˈtʃɒtʃkə|
[a. Yiddish, f. Slavonic (cf. Russ. tsatska).]
A trinket or gewgaw; transf., a pretty girl. Also ˈtsatskeleh [Yiddish -le dim. suff.], an affectionate diminutive of tsatske.
1964W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) v. 101 He was no tsatskeleh, Leslie, he was in certain respects far from being trustworthy. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 408 Tsatske and tchotchke are used interchangeably... At one time..West End Avenue in New York had an inordinately high proportion of tchotchkies. 1970S. Ellin Man from Nowhere (1971) xix. 94 He looked Elinor over appraisingly... ‘A real tsatskeh,’ he said with approval. 1972M. Glenny tr. Solzhenitsyn's August 1914 (1974) viii. 77 True, she never did anything to cross him, never even put on her expensive clothes and her tsatski (diamonds) at home because he disapproved of it. 1974N.Y. Times 12 July 31 ‘Décor doesn't add to the glamour of a suit,’ an owner pointed out. ‘You're not buying the rugs or the lamps or the tsatskes.’ 1977New Yorker 1 Aug. 14/1 A..boutique, to the left of the entrance, stocked with a careful selection of New York's best tchotchkes. These include thirteen-inch-long matchbooks. |