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bauble

[baw-buhl]

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noun

a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
a jester's scepter.

bauble

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noun

a showy toy or trinket of little value; trifle
Usual US name: Christmas ornament.��a small, usually spherical ornament made of coloured or decorated material which is hung from the branches of a Christmas tree
(formerly) a mock staff of office carried by a court jester

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bauble¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English babel, babulle, from Old French babel, baubel, derivatives of an expressive base with varying vocalisms; compare Old French baubelet “little trinket”; bibelot

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bauble¹

C14: from Old French baubel plaything, of obscure origin

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He does this by flashing shiny, fleeting baubles that further his parochial interests, while more consequential matters drift by like a passing cloud, unnoticed – leaving the hard, complex stuff to fade into neglect.

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This was, that meaningless bauble aside, a season of relative failure.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated the American dream depends on the creation of new jobs and affordable mortgages and cars, not “cheap baubles from China.”

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Balancing this is the show’s caustic tut-tutting at materialists for wanting these baubles in the first place.

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"The American dream is not contingent on cheap baubles from China."

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