bobber
Example Sentences
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An inflated rubber buoy about the size of a cantaloupe serves as a bobber.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022
Catfish have been good on a bobber deeper than 4 feet.
From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2019
The Dakes cast upstream and let their baits drift down, ready to set the hook should the bobber dip below the surface.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017
Fish the same jig and slip bobber combos in the mainstem of the Columbia, but bait them with a chunk of shrimp cured with Pautzke's Fire Cure.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2011
I spun in the hallway like a bobber in the river.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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