Citations:shark bait

English citations of shark bait

1. (humorous) One who has been or is likely to be attacked by a shark.
2. (humorous, by extension) One who is in a precarious or vulnerable position; a dead duck.
3. (Australia, colloquial) A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore, a shark baiter.
   • 2013, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2nd edition, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1966:

     shark bait noun / 1 a person who swims out past the surf at a beach; a person in shark-infested waters AUSTRALIA, 1920 / · Windsurfers always sail near surfers because surfers make better shark bait. – The Dinkum Dictionary of Australian English, p. 67, 1990. / 2 a person with very pale skin US / Hawaiian youth usage. / · – Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to da Max Hana Hou, 1982

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark,‎ bait.