sinker
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One who, or that which, sinks.
A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
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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And shame on the local leadership who bought this crock, hook, line and sinker.
Because that’s where Taylor was when she shot video and snapped photos of her “Bali vacation” with an unsettling amount of her followers falling for it, hook, line and sinker.
He flashed a five-pitch repertoire with an effective sinker, slider, curveball and changeup but too often tried to trick hitters.
Desperate for playmaking ability, Belichick swallowed Dimitroff’s bait hook, line and sinker.
But Eliza Robertson, a special needs teacher from Fergus Falls, has really embraced her creative side — hook, line and sinker.
Jansen worked a 3-2 count to Arozarena, a fastball-hunting breakout star this fall, before the rookie turned on a center-cut sinker and drove it out for a solo homer.