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kingpin

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bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle

the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins

the most important person in a group or undertaking

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I think I could totally be a gangster, but I could never be the kind of gangster that carries things out myself. I would have to be the kingpin that has my minions go and do the dirty bidding. I think I'd be pretty good at giving orders. Elena Satine

A man wants a woman who will place him at the top of his priority list, not second but first. He wants to be the kingpin around which all other activities of her life revolve. Helen Andelin

I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary. David Zucker

I'd have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I'd just add it to all the other things I am: jazz musician, carpenter, architect, engineer and revolutionary. Bobby Seale

We really love all sports, but we don't think in the long term. The reason we did Kingpin was because there was a script we really liked and we saw the possibilities. Peter Farrelly

After being conned by the international con-man Laurent, Edamura is drafted into many of Laurent's cons, starting with conning a drug kingpin in Los Angeles into buying a fake drug, and following up with jobs in London and Singapore. Source: Internet

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