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Definition of 'headpin'

headpin in British

(ˈhɛdˌpɪn )
noun
tenpin bowling another word for kingpin
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headpin in American

(ˈhɛdˌpɪn ; hedˈpinˌ)
noun
the pin at the front of a triangle of bowling pins
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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