Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A perforated hollowed stone at the top of a sink.
- noun In archaeology, a stone sinker primitively used to sink lines or nets.
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Examples
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Never laid a stone in my life 'cept one, and that was my mawther's sink-stone.
Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon Hall Caine 1892
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