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WordBand 8–8.5Toofey picks
linchpin
/ˈlɪntʃpɪn/
noun
The one part that holds everything else together.
- “Trust is the linchpin of any successful partnership.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))