loʊ; noun, plural bi·be·lots 
[bib-lohz; French beebuh-loh] .
[bib-lohz; French beebuh-loh] . a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
Origin:
1870–75; < French, equivalent to bibel- (expressive formation akin to bauble) + -ot noun suffix
1870–75; < French, equivalent to bibel- (expressive formation akin to bauble) + -ot noun suffix
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| —n | |
| 1. | an attractive or curious trinket |
| 2. | a miniature book |
| [C19: from French, from Old French beubelet, perhaps from a reduplication of bel beautiful] | |
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bibelot
"small curio," 1873, from Fr. bibelot "knicknack," from O.Fr. beubelet "trinket, jewel" (12c.), from belbel "plaything," a reduplication of bel "pretty."
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