bauble /ˈbɔbəl/ noun4 •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. — 1816 •A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees. •(figurative) Anything trivial and worthless.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. — 1841 •A club or sceptre carried by a jester. formsbaubles
