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See also:BAUBLE (probably a blend of two different words, an old See also:French baubel, a See also:child's plaything, and an old See also:English babyll, something swinging to and fro) , a word applied to a stick with a See also:weight attached, used in weighing, to a See also:child's See also:toy, and especially to the See also:mock See also:symbol of See also:office carried by a See also:court See also:jester, a See also:baton terminating in a figure of Folly with cap and bells, and some-times having a See also:bladder fastened to the other end; hence a See also:term for any triviality or childish folly . |
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