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noun
A small ornament of minor value; a knick-knack, a trinket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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Synonyms: bauble, novelty, bric-a-brac, fandangle, fangle, fizgig, folderol, gewgaw, kickshaw, knick-knack, mathom, tat, tchotchke, trangam, trinket, whim-wham
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An attractive girl or woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, figuratively, informal
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Synonyms: bimbo, angel, babe, beauty, belle, betty, bit of crumpet, bomb, bombshell, cookie, cupcake, cutie, dimber mort, doll, enchantress, femme fatale, fox, goddess, golden girl, HB, hottie, houri, jelly, knockout, looker, lovely, odalisque, peng ting, piece of crumpet, pretty, stoater, stunner, stunna, tchotchke, ten, vixen
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: chachka, tsatske, tshatshke
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: collectible, collectable
noun
(Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: chachka, tsatske, tshatshke, tchotchkeleh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
History
Borrowed from Yiddish טשאַטשקע (tshatshke, “ornament; trinket; toy; (figurative) attractive girl or woman”), from a Slavic language and probably ultimately imitative of a baby’s utterances. Slavic cognates * Polish cacko (“toy; knick-knack, trinket; pretty thing”), from caca (“nice thing”), and czaczko (“(obsolete) toy; trinket; pretty thing”) * Russian ца́цка (cácka, “(informal) knick-knack, trinket; (dated) toy”), from ца́ца (cáca, “toy; trinket; well-behaved child; nice person; conceited person”) * Ukrainian ца́цка (cácka, “(dated) toy; ornament, trinket; conceited person; well-dressed person”), from ца́ца (cáca, “toy; well-behaved child; conceited person; attractive woman”)
