Baits
[beits]
Examples
- Behold the baits with which he fishes for souls, giving a poor space of earthly life in exchange for eternal happiness hereafter. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They are the devil's pet baits. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And I should never have expected you to be lending your sanction to such vanity-baits for poor young ladies. Jane Austen. Emma.
Typist: Nelly