Meanings of king-pin in English

You will have the whole business, for the king-pin is to be here to-night.

It's his folks that think he's the king-pin and keep him in cotton wool.

You know it has a king-pin roof, don't you?

Next Sunday, the king-pin of Irish university rag weeks begins in the town with a ceili.

The vanilla bean, however, is king-pin of the list in the claim of profit to be derived from its culture.

It was your luck to fall into the hands of one of the king-pins of the confraternity-Dr.

"I guess he's the king-pin of all the pike in this lake."

"So you told me, and it was the king-pins I went for."

"Well, my dear fellow, we did that, but it's the king-pins we want."

"Have you ever met this king-pin I'm exploiting?"

If you were ready to close in you couldn't have a better chance; for as I said the king-pins will all be here to-night.

"You needn't think you're king-pin of the punching bag," went on the tall boy, who had lost control of his temper because of the exhibition.