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“aglet-baby”
Cultural Context
Act 1,
Scene 2
Lines 75-80

An explanation of “aglet-baby” in Act 1, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Grumio

[To Hortensio] Nay, look you, sir, he tells you flatly what his mind     
is. Why, give him gold enough and marry him to a puppet     
or an aglet-baby, or an old trot with ne'er a tooth in her     
head, though she have as many diseases as two-and-fifty
horses. Why, nothing comes amiss, so money comes     
withal.        

An aglet is a small object, sometimes in the form of a doll, used to fasten a piece of female clothing.