berley

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berley

noun berleys · burley

Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable Material (frequently rancid) used as bait to attract fish or other organisms. Another artificial bait can be made by mixing up a berley, savoury in smell to the piscine race, but somewhat obnoxious to the olfactory nerves of human beings, of rotten herrings or tinned fish, bran and flour, into a tough paste and putting it into little bags of mosquito net or fine muslin.
Similar: chum

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@misc{berley_2026,
  title = {berley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/berley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}