sinker

sinker

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sinker

syöttö, paino, rasvassa keitetty leivonnainen, donitsi, munkki, munkkirinkilä.

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sinker (englanti > suomi)

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sinker englanniksi

1. One who sinks something.

2. 1999, David Frank, J.B. McLachlan: A Biography

McLachlan's value as a coal miner was enhanced by the specialized skill he learned as a shaft-sinker.

3. puhekieltä A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.

Hook the sinker onto this loop.

4. puhekieltä Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball.

His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.

5. puhekieltä sinker nail|Sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.

6. puhekieltä A doughnut; a biscuit.

7. 1926, Edna Ferber, Show Boat: A Novel, page 268

Of the fifty cents, ten went for the glassy shoeshine; twenty-five for a boutonniere; ten for coffee and sinkers at the Cockeyed Bakery.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.

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