kingpin

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kingpin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kingpin
      n 1: the most important person in a group or undertaking [syn:
           kingpin, top banana, bigwig]
      2: bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle [syn:
         kingbolt, kingpin, swivel pin]
      3: the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten
         pins [syn: headpin, kingpin]