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The big rooms were half empty, there weren't as many exhibits and the sense of wingnut fun that had people doing things like this was completely missing:

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2023

And so to Jackson, whose wingnut fans believe is currently riding the great ferris wheel in the sky, while his detractors hope he’s strapped to a flaming wheel in Tartarus instead.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2019

Full disclosure: I am something of a New Age wingnut myself, and I have used Kralik’s method to good effect.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2018

And Kevin would say, ‘A little bit of a wingnut, what do you think?’

From Washington Times • Apr. 1, 2015

It has no latch and the throttle lever is held in any desired setting by the wingnut and quadrant shown in figure 18.

From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by White, John H.