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bait

/beɪt/ adjective C2
  1. Obvious; blatant.
  2. Well-known; famous; renowned.

Comparative baiter · Superlative baitest

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If we have no other way of catching him, we can always bait our line with the ring.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 44 · B2
That angular shadow up yonder was the bait, and we were the hunters.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · C1
Have you not tethered a young kid under a tree, lain above it with your rifle, and waited for the bait to bring up your tiger?
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 25 · C1
There seemed to be no alternative but to catch him red-handed, and to do so we had to use Sir Henry, alone and apparently unprotected, as a bait.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 214 · C1

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