or puppet, subs. phr. (old).—1.  A gaudily dressed doll, such as appears to have been commonly sold at Bartholomew Fair. 2. A person gaudily dressed.

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  1670.  T. BROOKS, Works (1867), VI. 51. How many professing men in that great city were dressed up like fantastical antics, and women like BARTHOLOMEW-BABIES, to the dishonour of God.

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  1682.  Wit and Drollery, 343.

        Her petticoat of sattin,
  Her gown of crimson tabby,
Lac’d up before, and spangl’d ore,
  Just like a BARTHOLOMEW BABY.

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