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Bauble

Bauble Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bauble? [n] cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing [n] a mock scepter carried by a court jester Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bauble: bangle \| fallal \| gaud \| gewgaw \| novelty \| trinket Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bauble: a continental \| a curse \| a damn \| a darn \| a hoot \| agate \| bagatelle \| ball \| baseball bat \| bat \| battledore \| bean \| bibelot \| bit \| blocks \| brass farthing \| bric-a-brac \| button \| cent \| checkerboard \| chessboard \| club \| cockhorse \| cricket bat \| cue \| curio \| dido \| doll \| doll carriage \| farce \| farthing \| feather \| fig \| fleabite \| folderol \| fribble \| frippery \| gaud \| gewgaw \| gimcrack \| golf club \| hair \| halfpenny \| hill of beans \| hobbyhorse \| jack-in-the-box \| jacks \| jackstones \| jackstraws \| jest \| joke \| kickshaw \| knack \| knickknack \| knickknackery \| marble \| marionette \| mig \| minikin \| mockery \| molehill \| novelty \| ornament \| paper doll \| peppercorn \| picayune \| pick-up sticks \| pin \| pinch of snuff \| pinprick \| pinwheel \| plaything \| puppet \| racket \| rag doll \| rap \| red cent \| rocking horse \| row of pins \| rush \| shit \| snap \| sneeshing \| sou \| sport \| steelie \| straw \| taw \| teetotum \| top \| toy \| toy soldier \| trifle \| trinket \| triviality \| tuppence \| two cents \| twopence \| whatnot \| whim-wham See Also \| scepter \| sceptre \| stuff \| sundries \| sundry \| verge \| wand \| whatchamacallit \| whatsis Bauble In Webster's Dictionary \Bau"ble\, n. [Cf. OF. baubel a child's plaything, F. babiole, It. babbola, LL. baubellum gem, jewel, L. babulus, a baburrus, foolish.] 1. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything. The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. --Sheridan. 2. The fool's club. [Obs.] ``A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it.'' --Nares.

Bauble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bauble?

[n] cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing
[n] a mock scepter carried by a court jester

Bauble In Webster's Dictionary

\Bau"ble\, n. [Cf. OF. baubel a child's plaything, F.
babiole, It. babbola, LL. baubellum gem, jewel, L. babulus, a
baburrus, foolish.]
1. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay
   and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.

         The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod.
                                               --Sheridan.

2. The fool's club. [Obs.] ``A fool's bauble was a short
   stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears
   fantastically carved upon it.'' --Nares.

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