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Definition of Kingpin
1. Noun. The most important person in a group or undertaking.
2. Noun. Bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle.
3. Noun. The front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.
Definition of Kingpin
1. Noun. (context: motorized vehicles) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt. ¹
2. Noun. (context: ten pin bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex. ¹
3. Noun. The most important person in an undertaking or organization. ¹
4. Noun. The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kingpin
1. a central bolt connecting an axle to a vehicle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingpin
Literary usage of Kingpin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Apollo's Warriors: United States Air Force Special Operations During the by Michael E. Haas (1998)
"Lt Gen Donald V. Bennett Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 24 hours prior
to launch of Operation kingpin We are going to rescue 70 American prisoners ..."
2. The Meigs Railway: The Reason for Its Departures from the Ordinary Practice by Joe Vincent Meigs (1887)
"... and there lipped, rotating around a centre at the kingpin, and sliding in a
broad channel, sliding as they revolve under a holding- down lip, ..."
3. National Drug Control Strategy (1994): Reclaiming Our Communities from Drugs by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"The kingpin and enterprise strategies direct a coordinated attack on the major
... Increasingly sophisticated in their operations, kingpin organizations are ..."
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