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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Perh. orig. for

baboonery

. Cf.

, and also

Finery of a kind to please a child.

[Obs.]

“Painted babery.”

Sir P. Sidney.

Noun.

Finery to please a child; any trifling toy for children.

babery ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) Finery of a kind to please a child.
- "Painted babery." - Sir P. Sidney.