I'd always heard Dolly say she wanted stuff that was shiny, so I wanted shiny stuff too.

我常听多莉说她想穿闪闪发光的衣服，所以我也想穿得闪闪发光。

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That's tsatske from the Yiddish, meaning roughly pretty, shiny stuff that might make you unhappy, but you'd never buy for yourself.

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