babery
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Whether they're hawking EVs or SUVs (God forbid), booth babery illustrates and symbolizes the auto industry's arrogant refusal to adapt to society's needs.
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- Grotesque ornamentation in art or architecture, as carved human figures or other decorations. Many subtile compassinges, As babeuwryes and pynacles, Ymageries and tabernacles, I saugh. Chaucer, House of Fame, l. 1189.
- Finery to please a child; any trifling toy for children: as, “painted babery,” Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, x. 181.
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Whether they're hawking EVs or SUVs (God forbid), booth babery illustrates and symbolizes the auto industry's arrogant refusal to adapt to society's needs.
— The Truth About Cars
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