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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



... "Sort of the kingpin of the colony, I reckon you might say. Mayor of Appletree, or what was Appletree. I don't rightly know if I'm mayor of anything now. This here is Ahmed Hussein, and this miserable hunk o' man is Dirk Van Tassel. Manner of speakin'," he amended. "He ...
— Eight Keys to Eden • Mark Irvin Clifton


Words linked to "Kingpin" :   important person, bolt, personage, pin, bowling pin, influential person


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