What it means
Bait is your scran, especially the packed lunch you take to work, site, or school. You’ll hear me bait for the butty tin or whatever you’ve wrapped in foil. It’s proper everyday Geordie, the sort of word that sounds like it’s been powering graft since forever. If you’ve got nowt, you’re on shop food.
Usage examples
"Aye, I’ve left me bait on the kitchen side, man. I’m gan to Greggs for a sausage roll, but it’s not the same, like."
"Don't forget your bait, it's a long shift at the yard."
"He left his bait on the bus and had to buy a butty."
Where it comes from
An old northern word for food, a bite to keep you going. Pitmen carried their bait down the mine, and the Geordie sense settled on the packed lunch you take to graft.
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