Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The man at the flank of a line of soldiers, on whom, as a pivot, the rest of the line wheels.
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Examples
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The pivot-man of the wheel _honly_ marks time, Muster
Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I see him "attacking" another LTE by announcing his allegiance to a rightwinged circlejerk which has made Rush Limbaugh their pivot-man.
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