Bauble \Bau"ble\ (b[add]"b'l), 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.
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The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod.
--Sheridan.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bauble
n 1: a mock scepter carried by a court jester
2: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle,
gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket]
WordNet (r) 2.0
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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