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Toll-bait. World English Historical Dictionary

Toll-bait. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022. Toll-bait U.S. [f. TOLL v.1 2 + BAIT sb.] Chopped bait thrown into the water to ‘toll’ or attract fish; throw-bait.

1 1887.  Fisheries of U.S., Sect. V. II. 594. In the old style of mackerel fishing,… clams were chopped up (often with a mixture of menhaden) and sprinkled overboard as ‘toll-bait’ to attract the mackerel to the surface.

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