Usually means: Pin securing tailpiece on stringed instruments.
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  1. tailpin: Merriam-Webster
  2. tailpin: Wordnik
  3. tailpin: Wiktionary
  4. Tailpin: Dictionary.com
  5. Tailpin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Tailpin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. tailpin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Tailpin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. tailpin: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Tailpin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tailpin)

▸ noun:  The centre in the spindle of a turning lathe.
▸ noun:  The endpin of a musical instrument.

Similar:
linchpin, tailstock, stock, puppet, centerpin, axle, fork chuck, headstock, lazy pinion, trundlehead, more...

Types:
bowling pin, skittle, tenpin, more...

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Similar:
linchpin, tailstock, stock, puppet, centerpin, axle, fork chuck, headstock, lazy pinion, trundlehead, more...

Types:
bowling pin, skittle, tenpin, more...



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