Definition of Lynchpins

1. Noun. (plural of lynchpin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lynchpins

1. lynchpin [n] - See also: lynchpin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lynchpins

lynages
lyncean
lynch
lynch law
lynch mob
lynch mobs
lynched
lyncher
lynchers
lynches
lynchet
lynchets
lynching
lynchings
lynchpin
lynchpins (current term)
lyncomicin
lyne
lynes
lynestrenol
lyngbya toxins
lynx
lynx-eyed
lynx spider
lynx spiders
lynxes
lynxlike
lyo-
lyocell
lyoenzyme

Literary usage of Lynchpins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Regulatory Reform in Denmark by Oecd (2000)
"Governance The grid companies will be the lynchpins of the sector for the foreseeable future as they are taking on the ownership of most of the existing ..."

2. Avery Glibun, Or, Between Two Fires: A Romance by Robert Henry Newell (1867)
""You knew me, then, when I was a top-sawyer, and also when my lynchpins began to work out ; but you never knew me to cut-in before a friend, or break-up for ..."

3. Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch (1999)
"They were the lynchpins in the US-led plans for the military and diplomatic containment of the government of Sudan, considered by the US to be an exporter ..."

4. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays by Sterling Andrus Leonard (1921)
"THE GIRL (with a shiver). Nor p'r'aps 'e is n't. THE MAN. Like as not. It takes the lynchpins out, I tell you. THE GIRL. ..."

5. Marshall's Practical Marine Gunnery: Containing a View of the Magnitude by George Marshall (1822)
"1st, The rack—2nd, the stops—3rd, the transom—4th, the trucks—5th, the axle-trees 6th, the lynchpins—7th, the bolts and rings—8th, the beds and quoins—9th, ..."

6. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"In some people's view, the lynchpins were supposed to be Uganda and Ethiopia. As the "new leaders" policy disintegrated, the effects were inevitably felt in ..."

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