Difference between revisions of "Baubletop"
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* '''bauble:''' a toy; a jester's sceptre → "Take away that fool's bauble" – alleged words with which Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Rump Parliament, 20 April 1653, referring to the speaker's ceremonial mace | * '''bauble:''' a toy; a jester's sceptre → "Take away that fool's bauble" – alleged words with which Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Rump Parliament, 20 April 1653, referring to the speaker's ceremonial mace | ||
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Revision as of 06:03, 25 July 2007
- Tower of Babel → Genesis 11
- bauble: a stick with a mass of lead, used for weighing
- bauble: a toy; a jester's sceptre → "Take away that fool's bauble" – alleged words with which Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Rump Parliament, 20 April 1653, referring to the speaker's ceremonial mace
- bubble-top
