pumpking

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pumpking or pumpkin holder (ˈpʌmpkɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
computing a person involved in a web-based project who has temporary but exclusive authority to make changes to the master source code
 
[C20: pump(kin) + king; from an original practice involving a stuffed pumpkin which was passed to this person]
 
pumpkin holder or pumpkin holder
 
n
 
[C20: pump(kin) + king; from an original practice involving a stuffed pumpkin which was passed to this person]

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pumpking

n. Syn. for pumpkin holder; see patch pumpkin.
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Pumpking is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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