Read full poem →And then you must live—work out your soul,
Aha! the bait that you crave is in view:
A woman with money you want to marry,
Dictionary Entry
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. baitbait live
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Poetry examples for “bait”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Hearken unto a verser, who may chance
Rhyme thee to good, and make a bait of pleasure :
Read full poem →Have missed the ball and got sight of our dame,
To bait her eyes, which kept the leads above.
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Read full poem →And clap the dogs and take him to the town,
And bait him all the day with many dogs,
And laugh and shout and fright the scampering hogs.
Read full poem →the new. When they preached to the world, they used
the old record, and preached a pure gospel, as a bait to
catch the unwary; but in the close of their discourse
Read full poem →I tired twenty smoking steeds,
And bade them bait a new for me.
Read full poem →I had flung him blind in a rudderless boat to rot in the rocking dark,
I had towed him aft of his own craft, a bait for his brother shark;
I had lapped him round with cocoa husk, and drenched him with the oil,