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crankbait

noun

Etymology

From crank + bait.

  1. derived from *bʰeyd-✻ — “to cleave, split, separate”
  2. derived from *baitō✻ — “that which is bitten, bait”
  3. derived from beita — “food, bait”
  4. inherited from bayte
  5. compounded as crankbait — “crank + bait”

Definitions

  1. A kind of fishing lure.

The neighborhood

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