ground bait

American  

noun

1. chum.

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Etymology

Origin of ground bait

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

As ground bait in the chilling stream of philosophic speculation, the publishers have sprinkled 500 illustrations, half of them in color, through this volume.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next he took from another package some ground bait consisting of meal, and balls made of bread and grain, worked up in the hand.

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

A few of the boarders and some of the out-of-towners took a shy long at first, but their bids was only ground bait.

From Cape Cod Stories by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

There was another tub full of much more damaged pilchards—all pounded up for ground bait.

From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.

I have oft found it so; And have felt much inclined, as I quarrelled with Fate, To chuck in the old fellow instead of ground bait.

From The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook by Novice, A.