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bait
- (pesca), (caccia) esca
- (senso figurato) esca, lusinga, allettamento, adescamento
- (raro) cibo, ristoro
bait
- (pesca), (caccia) munire di esca
- (senso figurato) adescare, lusingare
- perseguitare, tormentare
bait m inv
- cantina dove si depongono le conche del latte
IPA: /bajt/
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- lombardo
- Pietro Monti, Vocabolario dei dialetti della città e diocesi di Como con esempi e riscontri di lingue antiche e moderne, Dalla Società tipografica de' classici italiani, 1845, pag. 3.