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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1922-1923
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BAWD, BAUD, n.2 A number of thick worms strung on worsted, linked up into a bunch and attached to a piece of strong twine; used in fishing for eels.Sc. 1922 Glasgow Herald (30 Dec.):
They gied him [Adam] a wife. Had they gien him a line wi' a bawd and a flee Common sense wid hi' keepit him aff o' the tree.Dmb. 1923 H.B.S. in Glasgow Herald (5 Jan.):
60 years ago it was quite common for boys to fish for eels in the River Leven at Alexandria, with a "baud," . . . After the bait had lain a sufficient time it was pulled up, and as the teeth of the eels in chewing the bait had become entangled in the worsted they were easily captured.
