Examples of “yabby” in a Sentence

noun A type of freshwater crayfish eaten as food, especially one found in south-east Australia.

• Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes. — Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu (2018)
• Having arrived at night I can speak with some authority on the desolate feeling the road produces: the white fire-scarred trunks, the unsettling vision of yabbies moving from one side of the road to the other. — Peter Carey, Illywhacker (1985)

noun A small sea shrimp often dug up by anglers to use as fishing bait.

• Putting the yabby on a hook takes a little care and hook sizes need to match the physical dimensions of the yabby. — J. McEnally, Yabbies (saltwater) (2007)