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craybob


noun 1. craydab.
2. a freshwater crayfish; yabby. Compare crawbob, craydab.

Contributor's comments: I live in Griffith, and people here always say Craybob or Yabbie.

Contributor's comments: [Inverell informant] [Also used as a verb]: "Let's go craybobbing."

Contributor's comments: [Tamworth informant] As in crawbob, yabby, crayfish: "I caught a craybob."

Contributor's comments: Yabbie or cray fish: "I went craybobbing down at the creek."

Contributor's comments: Used in the Inverell area of the Northern Table Lands of NSW. I call it a yabbie.