cotter

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At the Mikawa mine on southern Kyushu island, a cotter pin apparently fell out of a coupling on a string of coal cars halted on a slight incline.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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The cause of the accident was narrowed down to a cotter pin, which one of the mechanics at Valbuena Field had forgotten to replace after greasing the landing wheels that morning.

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Jaws adjust to open wide, making easy work of bending the legs of new cotter pins and loosening large nuts.

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Maybe it was carelessness; but there would have been trouble when the cotter shook out if Walthew hadna' heard her knocking.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold