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--- info:chatchki_origins_2007 [2009/03/02 17:25] – created tomgle
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-Dear Word Detective: What it the origin of the word "chatchki"?
+===== chatchki origins =====
+**Dear Word Detective:** //What it the origin of the word "chatchki"?
 I suspect it's Yiddish, but I'm not sure. It means something
 like "trinket" or "small decorative item" or even "junk." My
 family in New York uses this word frequently, but recently
-someone asked me about it because they'd never heard it before.
+someone asked me about it because they'd never heard it before.//
 -- Cara Anthony, Boston, MA.