They had replaced all the rotten pieces with sound twine; they had got new ropes; they had deepened it, moreover, and added some more sinkers to help the guy-poles.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
But then came the question of floats and sinkers.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
Keep your sinkers just off the bottom, and a light hand on the line.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash