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sinker


A fruit square, otherwise known as a Chester Square. It is a fairly solid fruit square of about 7-8cm and about 2cm thick, which has flaky pastry on the top and bottom and is topped with (usually pink) icing: What did you have for lunch? I had a pie with sauce and a sinker for afters washed down with Sars. (Sars being Sarsparilla or Root Beer, the large bottle made by Woodroofes in Adelaide was labelled "Big Sars", much to the amusement of most children!) Also, Chester square.