cotter

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Theirs is a world in which every boy matures to master small motors, to understand the importance of the cotter pin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ring is attached to a light cable which jerks out two cotter pins freeing the flaps of the canvas 'chute-pack.

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As the U.S. cotter pin in the United Nations, Lodge was given Cabinet status and a large voice in U.S. policy�and grew in stature to measure up to both.

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But before you break out the wrench and cotter pins, it helps to go over some propeller basics to find a good starting point.

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After jacking up front axle and removing the hub cap, withdraw cotter key holding nut "A."

From Essex Terraplane Six 1933 Owner's Manual of Information by Anonymous