The Only Use
linchpin
in
Great Expectations
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- That ass, Pumblechook, used often to come over of a night for the purpose of discussing my prospects with my sister; and I really do believe (to this hour with less penitence than I ought to feel), that if these hands could have taken a linchpin out of his chaise-cart, they would have done it.†
p. 101.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(linchpin) a central and essential source of support and stability
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)