With limited cash and a thirst for uncommon sights, backpackers have pushed into challenging territory well before the big-money resorts or tchotchke merchants. |
They don't need another knick-knack or tchotchke to collect dust, and probably have all the tee shirts or bathrobes they'll be able to use for the rest of their lives. |
But the tchotchke era is over, according to leaders in the field, who spoke at a conference on wellness programs sponsored by the World Research Group. |
The spellers' favorite words include tchotchke, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis, and weissnichtwo. |
There may be one sibling who wants to throw everything away, while another may drag out the process indefinitely, finding nostalgic value in every tchotchke. |
It was unclear to me why the tchotchke shop had been chosen as the pickup point. |