cotter
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Serial writers ran out of hazards years ago, have been working switches on them ever since; the loose cotter pin on the stagecoach, for example, has been used an estimated 7,000 times.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
As far as anyone could determine, both tragedies resulted from faulty cotter pins, only an inch or two long.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jaws adjust to open wide, making easy work of bending the legs of new cotter pins and loosening large nuts.
From Time Magazine Archive
On every bolt use a castellated nut and a cotter pin, or an ordinary nut and a lock washer, so the bolt will not work loose.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
