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bauble
UK [ˈbɔːbəɫ] US /ˈbɔbəl/
noun 4
Collocations
2VERB + BAUBLE
couple
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
[…] as to the bauble on which the chief proof rests, if she had earnestly desired it, I should have willingly given it to her, so much do I esteem and value her.
Have none before or after him staked all their treasure of life, as a savage does his land and possessions against a draught of the fair-skins’ fire-water, or a couple of bauble eyes?
2
Anything trivial and worthless.
His hind quarters were likewise short, and not racinglike, and taken as a specimen of the horse, he was a mere bauble when looked at by the side of an English race-horse, much less a hunter.
3
A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
4
A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
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[…] as to the bauble on which the chief proof rests, if she had earnestly desired it, I should have willingly given it to her, so much do I esteem and value her.
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Have none before or after him staked all their treasure of life, as a savage does his land and possessions against a draught of the fair-skins’ fire-water, or a couple of bauble eyes?
Wiktionary03
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade.
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