dilly net

noun

noun

Australia A simple, collapsible trap consisting of a circular net stretched across metal or plastic hoops, used for catching crabs.

Dilly nets deposited, out we went into Deception Bay, threw the anchor in near a sandbank and got amongst the fish.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 75:

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