tchotchke

[Joan Houston Hall]

Can anyone find an example of "tchotchke" in an English context that
antedates 1964?  This is for an exhibit about tchotchkes at the Jewish
Museum of Maryland, which is to start March 19.  I've tried this spelling,
as well as "chachke," "chatchke," "chotchke," "tchatchka," "tchotzke," and
"tsatske," in Making of America, with no luck.

Thanks.


Joan H. Hall, Associate Editor
Dictionary of American Regional English
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600 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706
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