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George Sinker George Sinker (5 May 1900 – 19 January 1986) was Anglican Bishop of Nagpur, bishop of Nagpur and provost of Birmingham Cathedral. He was born in Hyderabad, India, the son of the Reverend R Sinker, and was educated at Rossall School and Brasenos ...

(1900–1986), MA, Bishop of Nagpur and Provost of Birmingham Cathedral *

John Sinker John Sinker (21 December 1874 – 24 April 1936) was an Anglican priest and author. Life John Sinker was born into an ecclesiastical family, the fifth son of the Reverend Robert Sinker ''Who Was Who 1897–2007''. London, A & C Black, 2007 ...

(1874–1936), MA, an Anglican priest and author Other uses: *

Sinker (fishing) A fishing sinker, plummet, or knoch is a weight used in conjunction with a fishing lure or hook to increase its rate of sink, anchoring ability, and/or casting distance. Fishing sinkers may be as small as for applications in shallow water, and e ...

, a weight used in fishing *

Sinker (baseball) In baseball, a sinker or sinking fastball is a type of fastball which has significant downward and horizontal movement and is known for inducing ground balls. Pitchers capable of utilizing the sinker are able to throw the pitch almost exclusivel ...

, a type of baseball pitch *

Sinker (mining) A sinker in mining in the 19th century was a worker who specialized in creating new vertical mine shaft Shaft mining or shaft sinking is the action of excavating a mine shaft from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom. ...

, a person who is employed to sink new shafts * Sinker, a character in ''

Beyond the Black Stump ''Beyond the Black Stump'' is a novel by British author Nevil Shute. It was first published in the UK by William Heinemann Ltd, in 1956. Plot summary The story concerns a young American geologist, Stanton Laird, working in the Australian outb ...

'', an Australian comic strip *

Sinker nail In woodworking and construction, a nail is a small object made of metal (or wood, called a tree nail or "trunnel") which is used as a fastener, as a peg to hang something, or sometimes as a decoration. Generally, nails have a sharp point on one ...

, commonly used in wood-frame construction * Sinker root, an enlarged, somewhat straight to tapering plant root that grows vertically downward

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