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head⋅pin

[hed-pin]
–noun Bowling.
the pin standing nearest to the bowler when set up, at the head or front of the triangle; the number 1 pin.

Origin:
1930–35; head + pin
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head·pin   (hěd'pĭn')   
n.   Sports
The foremost pin in an arrangement of bowling pins. Also called kingpin.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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