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Kingpin   /kˈɪŋpˌɪn/   Listen
Kingpin

noun
1.
The most important person in a group or undertaking.  Synonyms: bigwig, top banana.
2.
Bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle.  Synonyms: kingbolt, swivel pin.
3.
The front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.  Synonym: headpin.





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"Kingpin" Quotes from Famous Books



... should know, that cavalry division was the kingpin of Feisul's plan. He had intended to lead a raid in person, swooping down the French flank to their rear; but the three staff traitors, Daulch, Hattin and Aubck, sent forward the previous evening to place the division and hold it ready, had simply tipped the French off to the whole plan ...
— Affair in Araby • Talbot Mundy


Words linked to "Kingpin" :   bigwig, personage, swivel pin, bowling pin, important person, pin, kingbolt, bolt, headpin, top banana, influential person


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