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A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.

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  1. n. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.
  2. n. The fool's club.
  3. n. a mock scepter carried by a court jester
  4. n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
  5. 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.
  6. n:100 n. a mock scepter carried by a court jester