What would she have made of the beggar's bowl as tchotchke?

If you're going to present a tchotchke, make it returnable, or personal.

Reporters are used to thinking of their work going to libraries, not to the tchotchke aisle.

We would also win points for some of the games and save them up to get a silly tchotchke at the end of the summer.

"Otherwise an object can look like a tchotchke."

It is a commonly encountered tchotchke or tourist souvenir in that part of the world.

He is also unaware that in the religious tchotchke department, their new home is a minefield.

"If you didn't have a nun for a daughter, a nun tchotchke was the next best thing."

But by marketing the Constitution as a cross between tchotchke and rock star, the shop sells the main event notably short.

I don't mind shelling out a couple of bucks for a tchotchke that somebody considers a hoot.

Plus there are all the tchotchke vendors along the route if I need to indulge in impulse buying.

Jammed and encrusted with decoration, it was tchotchke heaven.

And - take it from one who has learned from experience - anything you buy that you do not need instantly becomes a tchotchke.

Those items not on display, according to Silver, are stored in the laundry room, which, he says, doubles as "a kind of tchotchke den."

"I had every tchotchke I needed and every pot and pan."

"And then to get the tchotchke!"

How's that for a tchotchke!

Know thyself: Are you a tchotchke hound?

The magical transformation from old tchotchke to newfound collectible happens every weekend in yards across Long Island.

THIS is the time of year for gifts, the big-ticket item or the humble tchotchke that says thank you.

What made this little knickknack, tchotchke or whatever sing out amid the clutter was how it managed to bring together so many artistic impulses.

He later gets engaged to Agora Tchotchke and eventually reconciles with Riley before the wedding.

The tchotchke- and photo-filled Route 66 Hall of Fame is in Pontiac.

The Conservatory is where Josh found his alter ego "Tchotchke Kaputnik".

"They're going to change this to Tchotchke Street someday," Mr. Weinstein said.