as in ornamentals
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
shelves cluttered with tchotchkes from a lifetime of vacations
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Recent Examples of tchotchkes
Some of Jarrett’s favorites in the collection are the tchotchkes Obama kept on the campaign trail in 2007.
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Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
The Patterson house is filled with children’s drawings, family memorabilia, tchotchkes, posters, plants, and a wide variety of domestic accoutrements, in an eye-catching spectrum of colors.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Makes sense—after all, a vintage-loving girlie’s got to save room on the tour bus for just a couple tchotchkes to bring home from the road, right?
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Amelia Edelman,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
The market offers local tchotchkes and a few snacks, but the real winner is the Pizza Boxx counter-service restaurant inside.
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Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
22 May 2026
This means items like family photos, personal mementos and memorabilia, tchotchkes, and taste-and hobby-specific items should be packed away, Beauchamp says.
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Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
27 Apr. 2026
There are no tchotchkes, nothing superfluous.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
But what were these pop culture tchotchkes like on the other side of the Iron Curtain?
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Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
In 2022, Mimosa Echard won the Prix Marcel Duchamp and exhibited the installation Escape more at the Centre Pompidou in Paris—a display consisting of glass walls, streams of water and urine, pollen, ginkgo tree eggs, newsprint, films, and assorted tchotchkes, among other items.
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Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
The Patterson house is filled with children’s drawings, family memorabilia, tchotchkes, posters, plants, and a wide variety of domestic accoutrements, in an eye-catching spectrum of colors.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Makes sense—after all, a vintage-loving girlie’s got to save room on the tour bus for just a couple tchotchkes to bring home from the road, right?
—
Amelia Edelman,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
The market offers local tchotchkes and a few snacks, but the real winner is the Pizza Boxx counter-service restaurant inside.
—
Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
22 May 2026
This means items like family photos, personal mementos and memorabilia, tchotchkes, and taste-and hobby-specific items should be packed away, Beauchamp says.
—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
27 Apr. 2026
There are no tchotchkes, nothing superfluous.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
But what were these pop culture tchotchkes like on the other side of the Iron Curtain?
—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
In 2022, Mimosa Echard won the Prix Marcel Duchamp and exhibited the installation Escape more at the Centre Pompidou in Paris—a display consisting of glass walls, streams of water and urine, pollen, ginkgo tree eggs, newsprint, films, and assorted tchotchkes, among other items.
—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tchotchkes
Noun
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While the company has changed its product over the years, from produce to ornamentals, he's always grown to serve his local community.
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Many of the plants on this list can be interplanted with ornamentals in garden beds and around your patio or deck.
Noun
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The 2026 edition was one for the books, with a record 66 houses showcasing their latest novelties to around 60,000 visitors in Geneva and nearly 1 billion online.
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The organizations that treat these tools as durable, governable infrastructure, rather than novelties, will be the ones that turn AI potential into measurable progress.
Noun
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Lawn Ornaments Too many lawn ornaments, such as gnomes, fairies, dolls, or flamingos, read as tacky to Emily Roose, the founder of Emily Roose Interiors.
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These ornaments were originally intended to symbolize speed, elegance and technological optimism.
Noun
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A lot of those people have Victoria Baumann and Charlie Moreton to thank, the father-daughter duo behind Victoria Essie Studio that produces fidget toys and other knickknacks out of their homes in North Carolina.
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Small knickknacks, like salt and pepper shakers, can be cute, but thrifting experts recommend against buying them at garage sales.
Noun
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Inside the store, special pieces include lithographs, limited-edition items and souvenirs developed in partnership with JR.
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As those trees died, some were processed into souvenirs such as pens and trinket boxes.
Noun
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From there, the little trinkets can be placed on a keychain or string for display on a backpack or as a piece of jewelry.
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Toss those little trinkets, stickers, and plastic toys.
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