What does bauble mean?
Bauble means A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw..
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[ˈbɔːbəɫ] · noun
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?
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade.
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.
Use bauble when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bauble means A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw..
Common synonyms include also: Thesaurus:trinket, fallal, trinket, bangle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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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