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Sinker vs Slinker - What's the difference?

sinker | slinker |

As nouns the difference between sinker and slinker

is that sinker is (fishing) a weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink while slinker is one who slinks.

sinker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (fishing) A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink
    • Hook the sinker onto this loop.
  • (baseball) 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.
  • (construction) Sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
  • (slang) A doughnut; a biscuit.
  • * 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.
  • * 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.

    • See also

    * (baseball pitches) curveball, slider, cut fastball, two-seam fastball, split-finger fastball, screwball, knuckleball

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    slinker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who slinks.
  • * P. G. Wodehouse
    • He paws! He's a slinker and a prowler and a leerer. He's a pest and a worm!
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