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bauble

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bauble
(formerly) a mock staff of office carried by a court jester


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There is no new thing under the sun, not even that yearned-for bauble of feeble souls--immortality.
The sombre cave of the Tour-Roland alone knew how many bitter imprecations, touching complaints, prayers and sobs she had wafted to heaven in connection with that charming bauble of rose-colored satin.
The best fellows are to have places with the King's Foresters, and the one who shoots straightest of all will win for prize a olden arrow--a useless bauble enough, but just the thing for your lady love, eh, Rob my boy?
 
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