shark baiter

Noun

 * 1)  A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore; shark bait.
 * 2) * 1912, Arthur Wright, Rung In, pages 34-5, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms,
 * It might be only some foolhardy ‘shark baiter’ as he heard the more adventuresome of the bathers called.
 * 1) * 1964, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) Division of Fisheries, et al., Fisheries Newsletter, Volume 23, page 26,
 * Solitary bathers are more often attacked than groups, Mr. Whitley says, but the “shark-baiter” farthest offshore is not necessarily the one selected.
 * Solitary bathers are more often attacked than groups, Mr. Whitley says, but the “shark-baiter” farthest offshore is not necessarily the one selected.