Re: OT: Junk/Dim S(ui)m
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 1:45 |
Isidora Zamora scripsit:
> What are chotchkies?
Little things of no account, but possibly having sentimental value;
knick-knacks, bric-a-brac. Also females with more looks than brains.
It's Yiddish < Slavic.
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