Tsatske
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of tchotchke. alt-of, alternative
"My mother is still convinced that her little boy doesn't eat enough (I've gained 15 pounds the last six months), and that he doesn't get enough sleep (I average a good nine hours a night), […] She is always giving me advice, chiding me for the error of my ways, warning me not to drive too fast, and in general behaving as if her tsatske hasn't got enough sense to get in out of the rain."
- 2 (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket wordnet
- 3 (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman wordnet
Example
More examples"My mother is still convinced that her little boy doesn't eat enough (I've gained 15 pounds the last six months), and that he doesn't get enough sleep (I average a good nine hours a night), […] She is always giving me advice, chiding me for the error of my ways, warning me not to drive too fast, and in general behaving as if her tsatske hasn't got enough sense to get in out of the rain."
Etymology
From Yiddish צאַצקע (tsatske, “trinket”); compare tchotchke.
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