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crankbait
 n.— «Walleye regulars refer to night crawlers as “meat;” they also occasionally troll crankbaits such as Hot’n’Tots, referring to them as “plastic.”» —“Walleye numbers still rising” by Steve Griffin Midland Daily News (Michiga) June 22, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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