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Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them.
Of the fifty cents, ten went for the glassy shoeshine; twenty-five for a boutonniere; ten for coffee and sinkers at the Cockeyed Bakery.
2001, Gerald J. Prokopowicz, All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862, page 148:
they improvised by opening a barrel of flour and letting each man dump in a quart of water (if he had one) and scoop out a handful of dough to bake into rock-hard sinkers.
2003, William W. Johnstone, Ambush Of The Mountain Man, page 168:
"Gonna have to dip them sinkers in coffee to get 'em soft enough to chew," Jason Biggs said, grinning.
In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
