pin

kingpin

informal The most important or powerful person within an enterprise or organization. Used especially in reference to organized crime. The notorious kingpin controls the illegal drug trade across the entire Eastern Seaboard. He started out selling cheap local newspapers when he was a teen. Now he's the kingpin of a huge global media empire.

pins

informal The legs. She was a little unsteady on her pins as she stood up. My pins started trembling under the weight of the barbell.
See also: pin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pin

1. n. someone’s leg. (Usually plural.) Stand up on your pins and speak your mind.
2. n. an important criminal leader. (From kingpin.) The mob’s getting careless. The cops think they caught the pin this time.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) bright as a new pin
  • (as) clean as a new pin
  • (as) neat as a pin
  • (one) would (do something) for two pins
  • be (as) clean as a new pin
  • be on pins and needles
  • bright as a new pin
  • clean as a new pin
  • could hear a pin drop
  • for two pins
  • for two pins I'd
  • for two pins, (one) would (do something)
  • get (one's) ears pinned back
  • get ears pinned back
  • get pinned for (something
  • get pins and needles
  • go down like ninepins
  • have pins and needles
  • hear a pin drop, can
  • hear a pin drop, one/you could
  • how many angels can dance on the head of a pin
  • in merry pin
  • kingpin
  • neat as a new pin
  • neat as a pin
  • not care two pins (about something)
  • not give two pins (about something)
  • on (one's) pins
  • on pins and needles
  • on pins and needles, to be
  • on your pins
  • pin
  • pin (one's) faith on (someone or something)
  • pin (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
  • pin (one's) heart to (one's) sleeve
  • pin (one's) hopes on (someone or something)
  • pin (someone or something) against (someone or something)
  • pin (someone or something) beneath (someone or something)
  • pin (someone or something) under (someone or something)
  • pin (someone or something) underneath (someone or something)
  • pin (something) on (one)
  • pin (something) up on (something)
  • pin (something) up onto (something)
  • pin against
  • pin back
  • pin back (one's) ears
  • pin back your ears
  • pin beneath
  • pin down
  • pin ears back
  • pin faith on
  • pin money
  • pin on
  • pin one's hopes on
  • pin one's hopes on, to
  • pin someone’s ears back
  • pin someone's ears back
  • pin the tail on the donkey
  • pin to
  • pin under
  • pin up
  • pin up on
  • pin your ears back
  • pin your faith/hopes on somebody/something
  • pinned
  • pins
  • pins and needles
  • pinstriper
  • pinstriping
  • policy of pin pricks
  • pull the pin
  • put a pin in it
  • so quiet you could hear a pin drop
  • so still you could hear a pin drop
  • stick a pin in it
  • wear one's heart on one's sleeve
  • you could have heard a pin drop
  • you could hear a pin drop
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IP PINs: fraud protection places duties on preparers
Furthermore, the maintenance discipline of accounting for all aircraft hardware, pins, and covers prior to engine start can go a long way to preventing these types of mishaps.
Foreign object damage
Try this hands-on experiment to see how background noise affects how well you can hear a pin drop.
Hearing test
Cause of separation was failure of cotter pin retaining clevis pin between cable end and power lever.
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