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BAUBLE
bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket
(noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
bauble
(noun) a mock scepter carried by a court jester
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bauble (plural baubles)
A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
Synonyms
• (showy ornament): See also: trinket
Anagrams
• bubale
Source: Wiktionary
Bau"ble, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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