bob

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A knot of worms on a string, used in fishing for eels; also colloquially, it means a berth.

♦ Shift your bob, to move about, to dodge, to fish.

♦ Bear a bob, make haste, be brisk.

II.

The ball or balance-weight of a clock's pendulum; the weight attached to the plumb-line.

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