sabiki
n.— «Sabiki is a Japanese word meaning “bait-catching rig” or “to catch bait fish”—at least that’s what the companies that a few years ago began importing the contraptions from across the Pacific say.» —“Sabiki rigs are spiffy little imports for the king angler” by Shannon Tompkins Houston Chronicle (Texas) Aug. 3, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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