SINKER
\sˈɪŋkə], \sˈɪŋkə], \s_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ə]\
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By Princeton University
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One who, or that which, sinks.
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A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
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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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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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