sinker : Idioms & Phrases
die-sinker
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noun someone who makes dies
diesinker; diemaker.
WordNet
Dividing sinker
- in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers and acting alternately with them.
Webster 1913
hook line and sinker
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adverb in every detail
- he believed her story hook, line, and sinker
WordNet
Jack sinker
(Knitting Mach.) , a thin iron plate operated by the jack to depress the loop of thread between two needles.
Webster 1913
Sinker bar
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(a) In knitting machines, a bar to which one set of the sinkers is attached .(b) In deep well boring, a heavy bar forming a connection between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above the jars.
Webster 1913
Well sinker
- one who sinks or digs wells.
