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jack-sinkers

jack-sinkers is the plural of jack-sinker.

Meaning of jack-sinker

Noun

jack-sinker (plural jack-sinkers)

  1. (knitting machines) A thin iron plate operated by the jack to depress the loop of thread between two needles.

Questions about jack-sinkers

What is jack-sinkers the plural of?
Jack-sinkers is the plural of jack-sinker.

Words near jack-sinkers in the dictionary

  1. jack-pudding
  2. jack-puddings
  3. jack-rabbit
  4. jack-rabbits
  5. jack-sinker
  6. jack-sinkers
  7. jack-staff
  8. jack-staffs
  9. jack-tar
  10. jack-up
  11. jack-up-the-orchard

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