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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as king-bolt.
  • noun That pin in bowls and ten-pins which stands at the front apex when the pins are in place : so called because if it is struck properly all the pins fall.
  • noun The principal or essential person in a company or an enterprise.

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