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{
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"bauble":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": trinket sense 1":[
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"He affixed the bauble , with a kiss, upon her middle finger \u2026",
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"\u2014 Elinor Wylie"
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],
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": a scepter of a fool (see fool entry 1 sense 2a )":[
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"\u2026 the licensed jester \u2026 brandished his bauble \u2026",
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"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
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],
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": something of trifling appeal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u022f-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bibelot",
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"curio",
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"curiosity",
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"doodad",
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"gaud",
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"gewgaw",
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"geegaw",
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"gimcrack",
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"kickshaw",
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"knickknack",
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"nicknack",
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"novelty",
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"ornamental",
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"tchotchke",
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"trinket"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"picked up some cheap baubles at the fair",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Red Guards took away his family\u2019s piano, damning it as a bourgeois bauble . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"Nobody needs a participation trophy \u2026 except for when my son was playing soccer at the age of 3 and a shiny bauble added a nice little touch to his bookcase full of board books. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2021",
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"The most recent bauble came from Zane\u2019s school counselor. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2021",
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"The trend continued at Marine Serre, where a stone bauble hung from a chain. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 30 Apr. 2021",
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"One in a Million initial necklace certainly fits the bill, and right now, this elegant bauble is currently on sale at Macy's for 40% off. \u2014 Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020",
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"Over a third of all the luxury baubles sold by the likes of Louis Vuitton and Gucci are bought by Chinese splurgers, according to Bain, a consultancy. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
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"This light fixture was some unique version of oil rubbed bronze ugliness, with brownish, creamy, wannabe milk glass shades and a trio of un-glamorous crystal baubles delicately hanging from it. \u2014 Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful , 29 Apr. 2020",
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"That\u2019s right \u2014 in season 1, there was no Neil Lane with his suitcase of baubles . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English babel , from Middle French":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125927"
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},
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"baubling":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": insignificant , contemptible":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u022f-bli\u014b",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"bauble + -ing":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001948"
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}
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} |